diff --git a/amqp1-requirements.txt b/amqp1-requirements.txt
index 6303dc761..f5d6af0ac 100644
--- a/amqp1-requirements.txt
+++ b/amqp1-requirements.txt
@@ -1,9 +1,3 @@
-# TODO(kgiusti) AMQP 1.0 support depends on the Qpid Proton AMQP 1.0
-# development libraries.  As these are not yet available from the
-# Ubuntu repositories, do not require these packages by default.  If
-# you have installed the Proton development libraries, you can run the
-# amqp1 driver tox tests this way:
-#    tox -e amqp1
-pyngus>=1.0.0,<2.0.0  # Apache-2.0
-python-qpid-proton>=0.7,<0.9  # Apache-2.0
-
+# AMQP 1.0 support depends on the Qpid Proton AMQP 1.0
+# development libraries.
+pyngus>=1.3.1  # Apache-2.0
diff --git a/oslo_messaging/tests/functional/gate/post_test_hook.sh b/oslo_messaging/tests/functional/gate/post_test_hook.sh
index 378e95eba..a3d2b825f 100755
--- a/oslo_messaging/tests/functional/gate/post_test_hook.sh
+++ b/oslo_messaging/tests/functional/gate/post_test_hook.sh
@@ -33,6 +33,13 @@ sudo chown -R jenkins:stack $BASE/new/oslo.messaging
 
 set +e
 
+if [ -x "$(command -v yum)" ]; then
+    sudo yum install -y libuuid-devel swig pkg-config
+else
+    sudo apt-get update -y
+    sudo apt-get install -y uuid-dev swig pkg-config
+fi
+
 # Install required packages
 case $RPC_BACKEND in
     zeromq)
@@ -44,9 +51,7 @@ case $RPC_BACKEND in
         sudo apt-get install -y qpidd sasl2-bin
         ;;
     amqp1)
-        # qpid-tools is needed to ensure authentification works before 
-        # starting tests, otherwise tests will retries forever
-        sudo yum install -y qpid-cpp-server qpid-proton-c-devel python-qpid-proton cyrus-sasl-lib cyrus-sasl-plain
+	sudo yum install -y qpid-cpp-server qpid-proton-c-devel python-qpid-proton cyrus-sasl-lib cyrus-sasl-plain
         ;;
     rabbit)
         sudo apt-get update -y
diff --git a/tests/test_amqp_driver.py b/tests/test_amqp_driver.py
index b2ebc3347..df0a76952 100644
--- a/tests/test_amqp_driver.py
+++ b/tests/test_amqp_driver.py
@@ -20,19 +20,18 @@ import threading
 import time
 import uuid
 
+import six
 from six import moves
 import testtools
 
 from oslo import messaging
-from oslo.utils import importutils
 from oslo_messaging.tests import utils as test_utils
 
-# TODO(kgiusti) Conditionally run these tests only if the necessary
-# dependencies are installed.  This should be removed once the proton libraries
-# are available in the base repos for all supported platforms.
-pyngus = importutils.try_import("pyngus")
-if pyngus:
+if six.PY2:
+    # NOTE(flaper87): pyngus currently doesn't support py34. It's
+    # on the works, though.
     from oslo_messaging._drivers.protocols.amqp import driver as amqp_driver
+    import pyngus
 
 
 LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -71,7 +70,7 @@ class _ListenerThread(threading.Thread):
         return msgs
 
 
-@testtools.skipUnless(pyngus, "proton modules not present")
+@testtools.skipUnless(six.PY2, "No Py3K support yet")
 class TestProtonDriverLoad(test_utils.BaseTestCase):
 
     def setUp(self):
@@ -86,7 +85,7 @@ class TestProtonDriverLoad(test_utils.BaseTestCase):
 
 class _AmqpBrokerTestCase(test_utils.BaseTestCase):
 
-    @testtools.skipUnless(pyngus, "proton modules not present")
+    @testtools.skipUnless(six.PY2, "No Py3K support yet")
     def setUp(self):
         super(_AmqpBrokerTestCase, self).setUp()
         self._broker = FakeBroker()
@@ -295,7 +294,7 @@ class TestAmqpNotification(_AmqpBrokerTestCase):
         driver.cleanup()
 
 
-@testtools.skipUnless(pyngus, "proton modules not present")
+@testtools.skipUnless(six.PY2, "No Py3K support yet")
 class TestAuthentication(test_utils.BaseTestCase):
 
     def setUp(self):
@@ -349,7 +348,7 @@ class TestAuthentication(test_utils.BaseTestCase):
         driver.cleanup()
 
 
-@testtools.skipUnless(pyngus, "proton modules not present")
+@testtools.skipUnless(six.PY2, "No Py3K support yet")
 class TestFailover(test_utils.BaseTestCase):
 
     def setUp(self):
@@ -424,7 +423,7 @@ class TestFailover(test_utils.BaseTestCase):
 class FakeBroker(threading.Thread):
     """A test AMQP message 'broker'."""
 
-    if pyngus:
+    if six.PY2:
         class Connection(pyngus.ConnectionEventHandler):
             """A single AMQP connection."""
 
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 842453c94..6c86be990 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ setenv =
     OS_TEST_TIMEOUT=30
 deps = -r{toxinidir}/requirements.txt
        -r{toxinidir}/test-requirements.txt
+       -r{toxinidir}/amqp1-requirements.txt
 commands = python setup.py testr --slowest --testr-args='{posargs}'
 
 [testenv:pep8]
@@ -36,11 +37,8 @@ commands = {toxinidir}/setup-test-env-rabbit.sh python setup.py testr --slowest
 
 [testenv:py27-func-amqp1]
 setenv = TRANSPORT_URL=amqp://stackqpid:secretqpid@127.0.0.1:65123//
-deps = -r{toxinidir}/amqp1-requirements.txt
-        {[testenv]deps}
-# NOTE(sileht): This gate job run in fedora21 because proton libs are not
-# available on ubuntu yet,
-commands = {toxinidir}/setup-test-env-qpid.sh python setup.py testr --slowest --testr-args='oslo_messaging.tests.(functional|test_amqp_driver)'
+# NOTE(flaper87): This gate job run on fedora21 for now.
+commands = {toxinidir}/setup-test-env-qpid.sh python setup.py testr --slowest --testr-args='oslo_messaging.tests.functional'
 
 [testenv:py27-func-zeromq]
 commands = {toxinidir}/setup-test-env-zmq.sh python setup.py testr --slowest --testr-args='oslo_messaging.tests.functional'