diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 6e47f3a..26a7b79 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ Shade is a simple client library for operating OpenStack clouds.
 Requirements
 ------------
 
+See `bindep.txt` for role dependencies.
+
 Packages
 ~~~~~~~~
 
diff --git a/bindep.txt b/bindep.txt
index e69de29..cac9e3d 100644
--- a/bindep.txt
+++ b/bindep.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# This is a cross-platform list tracking distribution packages needed by tests;
+# see http://docs.openstack.org/infra/bindep/ for additional information.
+
+python-pip
diff --git a/tasks/install.yaml b/tasks/install.yaml
index 9c0ce1f..0818c67 100644
--- a/tasks/install.yaml
+++ b/tasks/install.yaml
@@ -17,14 +17,6 @@
     shade_build_depends: "{{ __shade_build_depends | list }}"
   when: shade_build_depends is not defined
 
-# NOTE(pabelanger): This needs to be here for now, since we need python-pip.
-- name: Ensure EPEL is enabled.
-  package:
-    name: epel-release
-    state: installed
-  when: (shade_install_method == 'git' or shade_install_method == 'pip') and
-        ansible_os_family == 'RedHat'
-
 - name: Ensure build dependencies are installed.
   package:
     name: "{{ item }}"
diff --git a/vars/Debian.yaml b/vars/Debian.yaml
index 460b72b..02858e6 100644
--- a/vars/Debian.yaml
+++ b/vars/Debian.yaml
@@ -14,4 +14,3 @@
 ---
 __shade_build_depends:
   - git
-  - python-pip
diff --git a/vars/RedHat.yaml b/vars/RedHat.yaml
index 460b72b..02858e6 100644
--- a/vars/RedHat.yaml
+++ b/vars/RedHat.yaml
@@ -14,4 +14,3 @@
 ---
 __shade_build_depends:
   - git
-  - python-pip