diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 33dda1c2b1..acfb9f8ca8 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ requirements_jenkins:
 
 requirements: virtualenv requirements_ansible requirements_tower
 
-requirements_dev: virtualenv requirements_ansible requirements_tower_dev
+requirements_dev: requirements requirements_tower_dev
 
 # "Install" ansible-tower package in development mode.
 develop:
diff --git a/requirements/requirements_dev.txt b/requirements/requirements_dev.txt
index 214bbe601b..ff39fd09f9 100644
--- a/requirements/requirements_dev.txt
+++ b/requirements/requirements_dev.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
--r requirements.txt
 django-debug-toolbar==1.4
 unittest2
 pep8
@@ -9,4 +8,3 @@ pytest-cov
 pytest-django
 pytest-pythonpath
 pytest-mock
-django-split-settings
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 97ce43f2e8..ee1d85aa29 100755
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
 # W391 - Blank line at end of file
 # W293 - Blank line contains whitespace
 ignore=E201,E203,E221,E225,E231,E241,E251,E261,E265,E302,E303,E501,W291,W391,W293
-exclude=.tox,awx/lib/site-packages,awx/plugins/inventory/ec2.py,awx/plugins/inventory/gce.py,awx/plugins/inventory/vmware.py,awx/plugins/inventory/windows_azure.py,awx/plugins/inventory/openstack.py,awx/ui,awx/api/urls.py,awx/main/migrations,awx/main/south_migrations,awx/main/tests/data
+exclude=.tox,venv,awx/lib/site-packages,awx/plugins/inventory/ec2.py,awx/plugins/inventory/gce.py,awx/plugins/inventory/vmware.py,awx/plugins/inventory/windows_azure.py,awx/plugins/inventory/openstack.py,awx/ui,awx/api/urls.py,awx/main/migrations,awx/main/south_migrations,awx/main/tests/data
 
 [flake8]
 ignore=E201,E203,E221,E225,E231,E241,E251,E261,E265,E302,E303,E501,W291,W391,W293,E731
-exclude=.tox,awx/lib/site-packages,awx/plugins/inventory,awx/ui,awx/api/urls.py,awx/main/migrations,awx/main/south_migrations,awx/main/tests/data,node_modules/,awx/projects/,tools/docker,awx/settings/local_settings.py
+exclude=.tox,venv,awx/lib/site-packages,awx/plugins/inventory,awx/ui,awx/api/urls.py,awx/main/migrations,awx/main/south_migrations,awx/main/tests/data,node_modules/,awx/projects/,tools/docker,awx/settings/local_settings.py