diff --git a/rpmbuild/package_dependencies.sh b/rpmbuild/package_dependencies.sh
index bfb4459dd..aca46454e 100755
--- a/rpmbuild/package_dependencies.sh
+++ b/rpmbuild/package_dependencies.sh
@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@ fpm -s python -t rpm pysqlite
 fpm -s python -t rpm eventlet
 fpm -s python -t rpm oslo.config
 fpm -s python -t rpm iso8601
-# pin kombu because v3.0 breaks celery
-fpm -s python -t rpm -v 2.5.15 kombu
+fpm -s python -t rpm kombu
 fpm -s python -t rpm webob
 # --> # python-webob.noarch 0.9.6.1-3.el6 exists, but is incompatible
 # fpm -s python -t rpm PasteDeploy
diff --git a/tools/pip-requires b/tools/pip-requires
index 8a1243040..2918c6b8a 100644
--- a/tools/pip-requires
+++ b/tools/pip-requires
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ pysqlite>=2.6.0
 eventlet>=0.12.1
 oslo.config>=1.1.0
 iso8601>=0.1.4
-kombu<3.0.0
+kombu
 webob>=1.2.3
 PasteDeploy>=1.5.0
-Celery>=3.0.19
+Celery
 python-keystoneclient>=0.3.1
 stevedore>=0.8
 pycrypto>=2.6