diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index a5c9930dc..b36dea279 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 # date but we do not test them so no guarantee of having them all correct. If
 # you find any incorrect lower bounds, let us know or propose a fix.
 apscheduler>=3.5.1 # MIT License
+eventlet>=0.27.0 # MIT
 jsonpatch>=1.21 # BSD
 keystoneauth1>=3.4.0 # Apache-2.0
 jsonschema>=3.2.0 # MIT
diff --git a/watcher/cmd/__init__.py b/watcher/cmd/__init__.py
index f3a20d42d..567eb1305 100644
--- a/watcher/cmd/__init__.py
+++ b/watcher/cmd/__init__.py
@@ -18,10 +18,3 @@
 import eventlet
 
 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