diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index b7116986c..30ee3e7fc 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -6,5 +6,7 @@ fixtures>=0.3.12
 jsonschema
 mock
 python-subunit
+sphinx>=1.1.2
+sphinxcontrib-httpdomain
 testrepository>=0.0.13
 testtools>=0.9.32
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 3f1d322a8..1d6dbefd3 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -25,12 +25,7 @@ commands = python setup.py testr --coverage --testr-args='{posargs}'
 downloadcache = ~/cache/pip
 
 [testenv:docs]
-deps = -r{toxinidir}/requirements.txt
-       -r{toxinidir}/test-requirements.txt
-       sphinx>=1.1.2
-       sphinxcontrib-httpdomain
-commands =
-    python setup.py build_sphinx
+commands = python setup.py build_sphinx
 
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