diff --git a/ci/requirements_mxnet_virtualenv.txt b/ci/requirements_mxnet_virtualenv.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index f3564c628d55..000000000000
--- a/ci/requirements_mxnet_virtualenv.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-opencv-python
-ipython
-matplotlib
-nose
-nose-timer
-mock
diff --git a/dev_menu.py b/dev_menu.py
index 4b6de4cb42cf..ebffe14f7620 100755
--- a/dev_menu.py
+++ b/dev_menu.py
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ def create_virtualenv(venv_exe, pyexe, venv) -> None:
     # Activate virtualenv in this interpreter
     exec(open(activate_this_py).read(), dict(__file__=activate_this_py))
     check_call(['pip', 'install', '--upgrade','--force-reinstall', '-e', 'python'])
-    check_call(['pip', 'install', '-r', 'ci/requirements_mxnet_virtualenv.txt'])
+    check_call(['pip', 'install', '-r', 'tests/requirements.txt'])
 
 def create_virtualenv_default():
     create_virtualenv('virtualenv', DEFAULT_PYTHON, DEFAULT_PYENV)
diff --git a/tests/requirements.txt b/tests/requirements.txt
index 3ca696b288c9..f64f7ffb6705 100644
--- a/tests/requirements.txt
+++ b/tests/requirements.txt
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 mock
 nose
 nose-timer
+ipython