diff --git a/tools/pip-requires b/tools/pip-requires
index 65201132b485..c1c737c66977 100644
--- a/tools/pip-requires
+++ b/tools/pip-requires
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ lockfile==0.8
 lxml==2.3
 python-daemon==1.5.5
 python-gflags==1.3
+python-novaclient
 routes==1.12.3
 WebOb==1.0.8
 wsgiref==0.1.2
@@ -30,5 +31,3 @@ coverage
 nosexcover
 paramiko
 feedparser
-
--e git+https://review.openstack.org/p/openstack/python-novaclient.git#egg=python_novaclient-dev