diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 1347bdda..a52b216f 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -12,3 +12,7 @@ SQLAlchemy!=1.1.5,!=1.1.6,!=1.1.7,!=1.1.8,>=1.0.10 # MIT
 sqlalchemy-migrate>=0.11.0 # Apache-2.0
 stevedore>=1.20.0 # Apache-2.0
 six>=1.10.0 # MIT
+# these are used by downstream libraries that require
+# oslo.db as one of their test requirements - do not remove!
+testresources>=2.0.0 # Apache-2.0/BSD
+testscenarios>=0.4 # Apache-2.0/BSD
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 1cfea554..c59940af 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ testrepository>=0.0.18 # Apache-2.0/BSD
 testtools>=2.2.0 # MIT
 os-testr>=1.0.0 # Apache-2.0
 bandit>=1.1.0 # Apache-2.0
-testresources>=2.0.0 # Apache-2.0/BSD
-testscenarios>=0.4 # Apache-2.0/BSD
 pifpaf>=0.10.0 # Apache-2.0
 PyMySQL>=0.7.6 # MIT License
 psycopg2>=2.6.2 # LGPL/ZPL