diff --git a/qa/suites/rgw/tempest/tasks/rgw_tempest.yaml b/qa/suites/rgw/tempest/tasks/rgw_tempest.yaml
index 3f94dce94aa31d..e6a96c0ba7d89b 100644
--- a/qa/suites/rgw/tempest/tasks/rgw_tempest.yaml
+++ b/qa/suites/rgw/tempest/tasks/rgw_tempest.yaml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ tasks:
       use-keystone-role: client.0
 - tempest:
     client.0:
-      sha1: d3fa46495a78160989120ba39793f7ba2e22d81c
+      sha1: d43223773d75d2e82fb33a1281038e611c41d0f3
       force-branch: master
       use-keystone-role: client.0
       auth:
diff --git a/qa/tasks/tempest.py b/qa/tasks/tempest.py
index c75bfbe966b966..13189fd54b5e12 100644
--- a/qa/tasks/tempest.py
+++ b/qa/tasks/tempest.py
@@ -60,15 +60,6 @@ def download(ctx, config):
         sha1 = cconf.get('sha1')
         if sha1 is not None:
             run_in_tempest_dir(ctx, client, [ 'git', 'reset', '--hard', sha1 ])
-
-        # tox.ini contains a dead link, replace it with the new one
-        from_url = 'https://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/requirements/plain/upper-constraints.txt'
-        to_url = 'https://opendev.org/openstack/requirements/raw/branch/stable/pike/upper-constraints.txt'
-        run_in_tempest_dir(ctx, client, [
-                'sed', '-i',
-                run.Raw('"s|{}|{}|"'.format(from_url, to_url)),
-                'tox.ini'
-            ])
     try:
         yield
     finally: