diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 9d7d4d35..5907b4d2 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@ keystone_shibboleth_repo: {}
 # of an OpenStack-Ansible repo_server.
 keystone_git_repo: https://git.openstack.org/openstack/keystone
 keystone_git_install_branch: master
-keystone_requirements_git_repo: https://git.openstack.org/openstack/requirements
-keystone_requirements_git_install_branch: master
 keystone_developer_mode: false
 keystone_developer_constraints:
   - "git+{{ keystone_git_repo }}@{{ keystone_git_install_branch }}#egg=keystone"
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/remove-requirements-git-bdf5691b8390ed7c.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/remove-requirements-git-bdf5691b8390ed7c.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..77c09c5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/remove-requirements-git-bdf5691b8390ed7c.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+upgrade:
+  - The variables ``keystone_requirements_git_repo`` and
+    ``keystone_requirements_git_install_branch`` have been
+    removed in favour of using the URL/path to the
+    upper-constraints file using the
+    variable ``pip_install_upper_constraints`` instead.
diff --git a/tasks/keystone_install.yml b/tasks/keystone_install.yml
index 25cf6a29..d39b3e2f 100644
--- a/tasks/keystone_install.yml
+++ b/tasks/keystone_install.yml
@@ -40,36 +40,15 @@
       {% for item in keystone_developer_constraints %}
       {{ item }}
       {% endfor %}
-  when:
-    - keystone_developer_mode | bool
-
-- name: Clone requirements git repository
-  git:
-    repo: "{{ keystone_requirements_git_repo }}"
-    dest: "/opt/requirements"
-    clone: yes
-    update: yes
-    version: "{{ keystone_requirements_git_install_branch }}"
-  when:
-    - keystone_developer_mode | bool
-
-- name: Add constraints to pip_install_options fact for developer mode
-  set_fact:
-    pip_install_options_fact: "{{ pip_install_options|default('') }} --constraint /opt/developer-pip-constraints.txt --constraint /opt/requirements/upper-constraints.txt"
-  when:
-    - keystone_developer_mode | bool
-
-- name: Set pip_install_options_fact when not in developer mode
-  set_fact:
-    pip_install_options_fact: "{{ pip_install_options|default('') }}"
-  when:
-    - not keystone_developer_mode | bool
+  when: keystone_developer_mode | bool
 
 - name: Install required pip packages
   pip:
     name: "{{ keystone_requires_pip_packages | join(' ') }}"
     state: latest
-    extra_args: "{{ pip_install_options_fact }}"
+    extra_args: >-
+      {{ (pip_install_upper_constraints is defined) | ternary('--constraint ' + pip_install_upper_constraints | default(''),'') }}
+      {{ pip_install_options | default('') }}
   register: install_packages
   until: install_packages|success
   retries: 5
@@ -145,7 +124,10 @@
     state: latest
     virtualenv: "{{ keystone_bin | dirname }}"
     virtualenv_site_packages: "no"
-    extra_args: "{{ pip_install_options_fact }}"
+    extra_args: >-
+      {{ keystone_developer_mode | ternary('--constraint /opt/developer-pip-constraints.txt', '') }}
+      {{ (pip_install_upper_constraints is defined) | ternary('--constraint ' + pip_install_upper_constraints | default(''),'') }}
+      {{ pip_install_options | default('') }}
   register: install_packages
   until: install_packages|success
   retries: 5
diff --git a/tests/os_keystone-overrides.yml b/tests/os_keystone-overrides.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index f1fa1336..00000000
--- a/tests/os_keystone-overrides.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
----
-install_test_packages: True