diff --git a/requirements-skip/constraints-sqlalchemy1.txt b/requirements-skip/constraints-sqlalchemy1.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 19c6d85dd..000000000
--- a/requirements-skip/constraints-sqlalchemy1.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-sqlalchemy<2
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 2366c3fdc..d141b984c 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ setenv =
     SQLALCHEMY_SILENCE_UBER_WARNING = 1
     AZURE_STORAGE_CONNECTION_STRING = DefaultEndpointsProtocol=http;AccountName=devstoreaccount1;AccountKey=Eby8vdM02xNOcqFlqUwJPLlmEtlCDXJ1OUzFT50uSRZ6IFsuFq2UVErCz4I6tq/K1SZFPTOtr/KBHBeksoGMGw==;BlobEndpoint=http://127.0.0.1:10000/devstoreaccount1;
 deps =
-    sqlalchemy1: -c requirements-skip/constraints-sqlalchemy1.txt
+    sqlalchemy1: sqlalchemy<2
     -r requirements/tests.txt
 commands_pre =
     noflaskbabel: pip uninstall -y flask-babel