diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 33b88ab3d..c11505445 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -27,5 +27,5 @@ To run tests in virtualenvs (preferred):
 
 To run tests in the current environment:
 
-  sudo pip install -r tools/pip-requires
+  sudo pip install -r requirements.txt
   nosetests
diff --git a/tools/pip-requires b/requirements.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from tools/pip-requires
rename to requirements.txt
diff --git a/tools/test-requires b/test-requirements.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from tools/test-requires
rename to test-requirements.txt
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 93ccb1ed0..946decdde 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ setenv = VIRTUAL_ENV={envdir}
          NOSE_OPENSTACK_YELLOW=0.025
          NOSE_OPENSTACK_SHOW_ELAPSED=1
          NOSE_OPENSTACK_STDOUT=1
-deps = -r{toxinidir}/tools/pip-requires
-       -r{toxinidir}/tools/test-requires
+deps = -r{toxinidir}/requirements.txt
+       -r{toxinidir}/test-requirements.txt
 commands =
   python tools/patch_tox_venv.py
   nosetests --with-doctest --exclude-dir=tests/testmods {posargs}