diff --git a/conda/meta.yaml b/conda/meta.yaml
index a65b73253b917f1a5b7e7d12b7640d3e9108c186..259cfc9bc6b267e232beb16c1fd061921c33b860 100644
--- a/conda/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda/meta.yaml
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ requirements:
     - bob.sp
     - bob.learn.em
     - bob.measure
-    - bob.db.base
     - bob.bio.base >3.1
     - matplotlib {{ matplotlib }}
   run:
@@ -53,8 +52,6 @@ test:
     - coverage {{ coverage }}
     - sphinx {{ sphinx }}
     - sphinx_rtd_theme {{ sphinx_rtd_theme }}
-    - bob.db.atnt
-    - bob.io.image
     - gridtk
 
 about:
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 467f01ff559c9819e5c3836fc2809164debf341e..23dd2dc9fdd90f012fe2471089244c24148ddd54 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,5 @@ bob.math
 bob.sp
 bob.learn.em
 bob.measure
-bob.db.base
 bob.bio.base > 3.1
 matplotlib   # for plotting
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 9fc8c2d9f7c9f456bb0b8022fd9bd0c7e09e8226..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-bob.db.atnt  # for test purposes
-bob.io.image # for test purposes