diff --git a/chef/node.json.template b/chef/node.json.template
index e869a8e..9f78b0e 100644
--- a/chef/node.json.template
+++ b/chef/node.json.template
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@
             "git",
             "python-pip",
             "python-dev",
-            "python-virtualenv"
+            "python-virtualenv",
+            "libpq-dev"
         ],
     
         "users": {
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index f141bf5..b9b73c1 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 Django
 django-calaccess-raw-data
 psycopg2
-libpq-dev
 -e git+https://github.com/syapse/django-storages.git@boto3-new#egg=django-storages
 boto3
 Fabric