diff --git a/tests/requirements-py3.txt b/tests/requirements-py3.txt
index a709a734e27b56076cbe125dce66ac3d56babf2a..5cf786a8935cadfc4db1af3fbea3b7293d23b2d7 100644
--- a/tests/requirements-py3.txt
+++ b/tests/requirements-py3.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ pytest-twisted
 pytest-cov
 testfixtures
 jmespath
+leveldb
 # optional for shell wrapper tests
 bpython
 ipython
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 874a22ee255826cb1fd32aa51b4a241f2e4161df..eae7e8e4754878e4422cfd4075f376c402131efa 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ deps =
     -rrequirements-py3.txt
     # Extras
     Pillow
-    leveldb
     -rtests/requirements-py3.txt
 
 [testenv:py34]