diff --git a/blacklist.txt b/blacklist.txt
index cb713d4c2f..5970820249 100644
--- a/blacklist.txt
+++ b/blacklist.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # linters - each project may have a different version with loose convergence
 # over time.
+astroid
 flake8
 flake8_docstrings
 flake8-import-order
diff --git a/global-requirements.txt b/global-requirements.txt
index a46d2c062c..0ddd871f55 100644
--- a/global-requirements.txt
+++ b/global-requirements.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ amqp>=2.1.0,!=2.1.4  # BSD
 anyjson>=0.3.3  # BSD
 appdirs>=1.3.0  # MIT License
 apscheduler # MIT License
-astroid<1.4.0  # LGPLv2.1 # breaks pylint 1.4.4
 autobahn>=0.10.1  # MIT License
 automaton>=0.5.0  # Apache-2.0
 beautifulsoup4  # MIT
diff --git a/upper-constraints.txt b/upper-constraints.txt
index dd25bb42d2..fd005fb7d5 100644
--- a/upper-constraints.txt
+++ b/upper-constraints.txt
@@ -130,7 +130,6 @@ taskflow===2.13.0
 traceback2===1.4.0
 semantic-version===2.6.0
 tablib===0.11.5
-astroid===1.3.8
 virtualbmc===1.1.0
 deprecation===1.0.1
 SQLAlchemy===1.1.11