diff --git a/openstack_requirements/tests/test_requirement.py b/openstack_requirements/tests/test_requirement.py
index 52a5776fd..97c5130c2 100644
--- a/openstack_requirements/tests/test_requirement.py
+++ b/openstack_requirements/tests/test_requirement.py
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@
 
 import textwrap
 
-import pkg_resources
-import pkg_resources.extern.packaging.requirements as pkg_resources_reqs
 import testscenarios
 import testtools
 
@@ -107,13 +105,7 @@ class TestParseRequirementFailures(testtools.TestCase):
         ('-f', dict(line='-f http://tarballs.openstack.org/'))]
 
     def test_does_not_parse(self):
-        try:
-            requirement.parse_line(self.line)
-        except (pkg_resources.RequirementParseError,
-                pkg_resources_reqs.InvalidRequirement):
-            pass
-        else:
-            self.fail('No exception triggered')
+        self.assertRaises(ValueError, requirement.parse_line, self.line)
 
 
 class TestToContent(testtools.TestCase):
@@ -153,13 +145,8 @@ def test_urls(self):
         self.assertEqual(reqs, [(req, line)])
 
     def test_not_urls(self):
-        try:
-            list(requirement.to_reqs('file:///foo#egg=foo'))
-        except (pkg_resources.RequirementParseError,
-                pkg_resources_reqs.InvalidRequirement):
-            pass
-        else:
-            self.fail('No exception triggered')
+        self.assertRaises(
+            ValueError, list, requirement.to_reqs('file:///foo#egg=foo'))
 
     def test_multiline(self):
         content = textwrap.dedent("""\