diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index d33499f..6bfecf3 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 ### 1.0.17
 
+* Removed unnecessary requirements
+ 
+### 1.0.17
+
 * Updated adsmutils requirement
  
 ### 1.0.16
diff --git a/graphics_service/tests/test_webservices.py b/graphics_service/tests/test_webservices.py
index 1183515..b8a77f1 100644
--- a/graphics_service/tests/test_webservices.py
+++ b/graphics_service/tests/test_webservices.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ class TestWebservices(TestCase):
 
     def create_app(self):
         '''Create the wsgi application'''
-        app_ = app.create_app()
+        app_ = app.create_app(SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI=None)
         return app_
 
     def test_nonSpecificUrlRoutes(self):
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 892bd38..72d1786 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,12 +1,5 @@
-git+https://github.com/adsabs/ADSMicroserviceUtils.git@v1.0.6
-Flask==0.12
-Flask-RESTful==0.3.5
-Flask-SQLAlchemy==2.2
+git+https://github.com/adsabs/ADSMicroserviceUtils.git@v1.0.13
 Flask-Testing==0.6.1
-SQLAlchemy==1.1.6
-Werkzeug==0.11.15
 alembic==0.8.9
-flask-discoverer==0.0.2
 psycopg2==2.7.1
-requests==2.12.4
 simplejson==3.10.0