diff --git a/cyborg/cmd/__init__.py b/cyborg/cmd/__init__.py
index 6f57a578..fd76ac1b 100644
--- a/cyborg/cmd/__init__.py
+++ b/cyborg/cmd/__init__.py
@@ -17,11 +17,5 @@ import eventlet
 import oslo_i18n as i18n
 
 eventlet.monkey_patch()
-# Monkey patch the original current_thread to use the up-to-date _active
-# global variable. See https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1863021 and
-# https://github.com/eventlet/eventlet/issues/592
-import __original_module_threading as orig_threading  # noqa
-import threading  # noqa
-orig_threading.current_thread.__globals__['_active'] = threading._active
 
 i18n.install('cyborg')
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 98dbc735..2b83da8a 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 pbr>=0.11,!=2.1.0 # Apache-2.0
 pecan>=1.0.0,!=1.0.2,!=1.0.3,!=1.0.4,!=1.2 # BSD
 WSME>=0.10.1 # MIT
-eventlet>=0.26.0 # MIT
+eventlet>=0.27.0 # MIT
 oslo.i18n>=1.5.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.config>=1.1.0,!=4.3.0,!=4.4.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.log>=5.0.0 # Apache-2.0