diff --git a/awx/main/tests/functional/test_python_requirements.py b/awx/main/tests/functional/test_python_requirements.py
index 7c5f671e78..0dc48f66b8 100644
--- a/awx/main/tests/functional/test_python_requirements.py
+++ b/awx/main/tests/functional/test_python_requirements.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 
 import os
+import re
 from pip.operations import freeze
 
 from django.conf import settings
@@ -16,23 +17,34 @@ def test_env_matches_requirements_txt():
     requirements_path = os.path.join(base_dir, '../', 'requirements/requirements.txt')
 
     reqs_actual = []
-    xs = freeze.freeze(local_only=True, requirement=requirements_path)
+    xs = freeze.freeze(local_only=True)
     for x in xs:
         if '## The following requirements were added by pip freeze' in x:
             break
-        reqs_actual.append(x.split('=='))
+        x = x.lower()
+        (pkg_name, pkg_version) = x.split('==')
+        reqs_actual.append([pkg_name, pkg_version])
 
     reqs_expected = []
     with open(requirements_path) as f:
         for line in f:
-            line.rstrip()
+            line = line.partition('#')[0]
+            line = line.rstrip().lower()
             # TODO: process git requiremenst and use egg
+            if line == '':
+                continue
             if line.strip().startswith('#') or line.strip().startswith('git'):
                 continue
             if line.startswith('-e'):
                 continue
-            line.rstrip()
-            reqs_expected.append(line.rstrip().split('=='))
+
+            '''
+            Special case pkg_name[pkg_subname]==version
+            For this case, we strip out [pkg_subname]
+            '''
+            (pkg_name, pkg_version) = line.split('==')
+            pkg_name = re.sub(r'\[.*\]', '', pkg_name)
+            reqs_expected.append([pkg_name, pkg_version])
 
     not_found = []
     for r in reqs_expected: