diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index 008d24d2e..d35d6b087 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-# Requirements essential for developing wagtail (not needed to run it)
-
-unittest2==0.5.1
-
 # For coverage and PEP8 linting
 coverage==3.7.1
 flake8==2.1.0