diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0ba149c123..dec65947ab 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -182,7 +182,6 @@ requirements_awx: virtualenv_awx
 
 requirements_awx_dev:
 	$(VENV_BASE)/awx/bin/pip install -r requirements/requirements_dev.txt
-	$(VENV_BASE)/awx/bin/pip uninstall --yes -r requirements/requirements_dev_uninstall.txt
 
 requirements: requirements_ansible requirements_awx
 
diff --git a/requirements/requirements_dev_uninstall.txt b/requirements/requirements_dev_uninstall.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 963eac530b..0000000000
--- a/requirements/requirements_dev_uninstall.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-certifi
diff --git a/tools/docker-compose/Dockerfile b/tools/docker-compose/Dockerfile
index 79b133ac73..d99d57bfde 100644
--- a/tools/docker-compose/Dockerfile
+++ b/tools/docker-compose/Dockerfile
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ requirements/requirements_ansible_git.txt \
 requirements/requirements_dev.txt \
 requirements/requirements_ansible_uninstall.txt \
 requirements/requirements_tower_uninstall.txt \
-requirements/requirements_dev_uninstall.txt \
 /tmp/requirements/
 RUN yum -y update && yum -y install curl epel-release
 RUN curl --silent --location https://rpm.nodesource.com/setup_6.x | bash -