diff --git a/lib/galaxy/dependencies/dev-requirements.txt b/lib/galaxy/dependencies/dev-requirements.txt
index 4900ba4eb4c..d10c4ae46e9 100644
--- a/lib/galaxy/dependencies/dev-requirements.txt
+++ b/lib/galaxy/dependencies/dev-requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 nose
 NoseHTML
 twill==0.9.1
+testfixtures
 mock
 selenium
diff --git a/lib/galaxy/dependencies/pinned-requirements.txt b/lib/galaxy/dependencies/pinned-requirements.txt
index 4c253a47a3d..6ec92b07a7a 100644
--- a/lib/galaxy/dependencies/pinned-requirements.txt
+++ b/lib/galaxy/dependencies/pinned-requirements.txt
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ nose==1.3.7
 Parsley==1.3
 six==1.10.0
 Whoosh==2.7.4
-testfixtures==4.10.0
 galaxy_sequence_utils==1.0.2
 
 # Cheetah and dependencies