diff --git a/requirements/dev.txt b/requirements/dev.txt
index 253b862d41..39a28ccaef 100644
--- a/requirements/dev.txt
+++ b/requirements/dev.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
--r common.txt
 -r docs.txt
 -r moto.txt
 -r py3k.txt
diff --git a/requirements/prod.txt b/requirements/prod.txt
index 67f690299c..ab41cb9560 100644
--- a/requirements/prod.txt
+++ b/requirements/prod.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
--r common.txt
 netifaces==0.10.5
 python-dateutil==2.5.3
 uWSGI==2.0.14
diff --git a/requirements/py2_common.txt b/requirements/py2_common.txt
index fe02bbc725..4fc4e01bc8 100644
--- a/requirements/py2_common.txt
+++ b/requirements/py2_common.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+-r common.txt
+
 # Used for Hesiod lookups, etc.
 pydns==2.3.6
 
diff --git a/requirements/py3_common.txt b/requirements/py3_common.txt
index 3ea3f41b42..8528bca93a 100644
--- a/requirements/py3_common.txt
+++ b/requirements/py3_common.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+-r common.txt
+
 # Used for Hesiod lookups, etc.
 py3dns==3.1.0