diff --git a/dev_requirements.txt b/dev_requirements.txt
index 5395c698ea4f280e892acbee8cddf88d9e664295..b04e4af45934cf5b7eaeae1d28628ba5f5c2be39 100644
--- a/dev_requirements.txt
+++ b/dev_requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 -r requirements.txt
+pyldap==2.4.25.1  # here instead of requirements.txt so rtfd can build
 Sphinx==1.4.3
-
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 3f54c81367df8391da0555f6c32170de69658cc2..da538123c57247ba8d2657d80212ffedd9b4ff80 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,2 @@
 Flask==0.11
 mock==2.0.0  # for ci
-pyldap==2.4.25.1
-