diff --git a/contrib/heat_docker/setup.py b/contrib/heat_docker/setup.py
index 736375744d..c0a24eab2a 100644
--- a/contrib/heat_docker/setup.py
+++ b/contrib/heat_docker/setup.py
@@ -14,17 +14,8 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-# THIS FILE IS MANAGED BY THE GLOBAL REQUIREMENTS REPO - DO NOT EDIT
 import setuptools
 
-# In python < 2.7.4, a lazy loading of package `pbr` will break
-# setuptools if some other modules registered functions in `atexit`.
-# solution from: http://bugs.python.org/issue15881#msg170215
-try:
-    import multiprocessing  # noqa
-except ImportError:
-    pass
-
 setuptools.setup(
     setup_requires=['pbr'],
     pbr=True)