diff --git a/bindep.txt b/bindep.txt
index cc55f556..1c22a170 100644
--- a/bindep.txt
+++ b/bindep.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,5 @@
 # see http://docs.openstack.org/infra/bindep/ for additional information.
 
 gettext
-python-dev [platform:dpkg]
-python-devel [platform:rpm]
 zlib-devel [platform:rpm]
 zlib1g-dev [platform:dpkg]