diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index d459887c3e..5585865650 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ usedevelop = True
 install_command = pip install -U {opts} {packages}
 deps = -r{toxinidir}/requirements.txt
        -r{toxinidir}/test-requirements.txt
-       setuptools_git>=0.4
 commands =
   python -m neutron.openstack.common.lockutils python setup.py testr --slowest --testr-args='{posargs}'