diff --git a/docs/topics/contributing.md b/docs/topics/contributing.md
index c4ef0efdf..ed7717ae2 100644
--- a/docs/topics/contributing.md
+++ b/docs/topics/contributing.md
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ To run the tests, clone the repository, and then:
     # Setup the virtual environment
     virtualenv env
     source env/bin/activate
+    pip install django
     pip install -r requirements.txt
 
     # Run the tests
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 36fd2ca3e..0b41cd50b 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 # only included the relevent sets when running tox, and ensures
 # we are only ever declaring our dependencies in one place.
 
--r requirements/requirements-necessary.txt
 -r requirements/requirements-optionals.txt
 -r requirements/requirements-testing.txt
 -r requirements/requirements-documentation.txt
diff --git a/requirements/requirements-necessary.txt b/requirements/requirements-necessary.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 363a6531e..000000000
--- a/requirements/requirements-necessary.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Django>=1.8
\ No newline at end of file