diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 127cafc4c..ae6fcd48e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ setuptools*.egg/
 !/.gitreview
 !/.mailmap
 !/.pylintrc
+!/.stestr.conf
 !/.testr.conf
 
 # Files created by releasenotes build
diff --git a/.stestr.conf b/.stestr.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6c29806dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.stestr.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[DEFAULT]
+test_path=${OS_TEST_PATH:-./neutron_lib/tests/unit}
+top_dir=./
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 30600bb8e..d6afc0a57 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ oslotest>=1.10.0 # Apache-2.0
 os-api-ref>=1.0.0 # Apache-2.0
 os-testr>=0.8.0 # Apache-2.0
 reno>=2.5.0 # Apache-2.0
-testrepository>=0.0.18 # Apache-2.0/BSD
 testresources>=0.2.4 # Apache-2.0/BSD
 testscenarios>=0.4 # Apache-2.0/BSD
 testtools>=1.4.0 # MIT