diff --git a/build-scripts/build-environment-check b/build-scripts/build-environment-check
index e11b1a73e..923c5e85e 100755
--- a/build-scripts/build-environment-check
+++ b/build-scripts/build-environment-check
@@ -64,14 +64,6 @@ do
     fi
 done
 
-if [ "$PROJECT" = "nova" ]; then
-    . "$BASEDIR"/nova/tests/reporting/find-python.sh # to get PYTHON as the tests do
-    if ! $PYTHON -m pip list | grep psycopg2; then
-        echo "nova/tests/reporting needs psycopg2 module installed for python: $PYTHON"
-        RET=1
-    fi
-fi
-
 
 # Exit with the right exit code
 if [  $RET = 0  ]