diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index f924c3a82..d6f4b6b81 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ paramiko>=2.0.1
 python-daemon>=2.0.4,<2.1.0
 extras
 statsd>=3.0
-sqlalchemy>=0.8.2,<1.1.0
 PrettyTable>=0.6,<0.8
 openstacksdk>=0.17.2,!=0.18.0
 diskimage-builder>=2.0.0