diff --git a/tests/requirements-py3.txt b/tests/requirements-py3.txt
index 53cb49f9b..cac8da9b5 100644
--- a/tests/requirements-py3.txt
+++ b/tests/requirements-py3.txt
@@ -6,5 +6,3 @@ jmespath
 # optional for shell wrapper tests
 bpython
 ipython
-# required because squeue tests extend from queuelib testsuite
-queuelib>=1.4.2
diff --git a/tests/requirements.txt b/tests/requirements.txt
index a5e734417..f88d17538 100644
--- a/tests/requirements.txt
+++ b/tests/requirements.txt
@@ -9,5 +9,3 @@ testfixtures
 # optional for shell wrapper tests
 bpython
 ipython
-# required because squeue tests extend from queuelib testsuite
-queuelib>=1.4.2