diff --git a/heat-config-docker-compose/install.d/50-heat-config-hook-docker-compose b/heat-config-docker-compose/install.d/50-heat-config-hook-docker-compose
index 69b4c8e..e382f63 100755
--- a/heat-config-docker-compose/install.d/50-heat-config-hook-docker-compose
+++ b/heat-config-docker-compose/install.d/50-heat-config-hook-docker-compose
@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@ elif [ -f /etc/redhat-release ]; then
     systemctl enable docker.service
 fi
 
-pip install -U dpath docker-compose==1.4.0
+pip install -U docker-compose==1.4.0
 
-install -D -g root -o root -m 0755 ${SCRIPTDIR}/hook-docker-compose.py /var/lib/heat-config/hooks/docker-compose
\ No newline at end of file
+install -D -g root -o root -m 0755 ${SCRIPTDIR}/hook-docker-compose.py /var/lib/heat-config/hooks/docker-compose
diff --git a/heat-config-docker-compose/install.d/hook-docker-compose.py b/heat-config-docker-compose/install.d/hook-docker-compose.py
index 62c0113..f73332e 100755
--- a/heat-config-docker-compose/install.d/hook-docker-compose.py
+++ b/heat-config-docker-compose/install.d/hook-docker-compose.py
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 #    under the License.
 
 import ast
-import dpath
 import json
 import logging
 import os
@@ -85,7 +84,8 @@ def main(argv=sys.argv):
     os.chdir(proj)
 
     compose_env_files = []
-    for value in dpath.util.values(config, '*/env_file'):
+    for c in config.values():
+        value = c.get('env_file', None)
         if isinstance(value, list):
             compose_env_files.extend(value)
         elif isinstance(value, six.string_types):
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index a7cc6a7..e9dbf8b 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 # of appearance. Changing the order has an impact on the overall integration
 # process, which may cause wedges in the gate later.
 coverage!=4.4,>=4.0 # Apache-2.0
-dpath>=1.3.2
 fixtures>=3.0.0 # Apache-2.0/BSD
 # Hacking already pins down pep8, pyflakes and flake8
 hacking!=0.13.0,<0.14,>=0.12.0 # Apache-2.0
@@ -10,7 +9,7 @@ mock>=2.0.0 # BSD
 paunch>=1.0.0 # Apache-2.0
 requests>=2.14.2 # Apache-2.0
 requests-mock>=1.1.0 # Apache-2.0
-salt
+salt>=2017.7.4 # Apache-2.0
 testrepository>=0.0.18 # Apache-2.0/BSD
 testscenarios>=0.4 # Apache-2.0/BSD
 testtools>=2.2.0 # MIT