diff --git a/doc/HACKING.md b/doc/HACKING.md
index 6003dbd72..22a6406c4 100644
--- a/doc/HACKING.md
+++ b/doc/HACKING.md
@@ -160,16 +160,14 @@ lightning funds.
 
 Build and Development
 ---------------------
-Install `valgrind` and the python dependencies for best results:
+Install the following dependencies for best results:
 
 ```
 sudo apt update
 sudo apt install valgrind cppcheck shellcheck libsecp256k1-dev libpq-dev
-pip3 install --upgrade pip
-pip3 install --user -r requirements.txt
 ```
 
-Re-run `configure` for the python dependencies and build using `make`.
+Re-run `configure` and build using `make`:
 
 ```
 ./configure --enable-developer
diff --git a/doc/INSTALL.md b/doc/INSTALL.md
index 02c203a59..b01c88e97 100644
--- a/doc/INSTALL.md
+++ b/doc/INSTALL.md
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ Get dependencies:
     sudo apt-get install -y \
       autoconf automake build-essential git libtool libgmp-dev libsqlite3-dev \
       python3 python3-pip net-tools zlib1g-dev libsodium-dev gettext
-    pip install --user poetry
+    pip3 install --upgrade pip
+    pip3 install --user poetry
     poetry install
 
 If you don't have Bitcoin installed locally you'll need to install that
diff --git a/requirements.lock b/requirements.lock
deleted file mode 100644
index a6434caa4..000000000
--- a/requirements.lock
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,196 +0,0 @@
-#
-# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with python 3.9
-# To update, run:
-#
-#    pip-compile --output-file=requirements.lock requirements.in
-#
-alabaster==0.7.12
-    # via sphinx
-asn1crypto==1.4.0
-    # via coincurve
-attrs==21.2.0
-    # via
-    #   jsonschema
-    #   pytest
-babel==2.9.1
-    # via sphinx
-base58==2.0.1
-    # via -r requirements.in
-bitstring==3.1.9
-    # via -r requirements.in
-certifi==2021.5.30
-    # via requests
-cffi==1.14.6
-    # via
-    #   coincurve
-    #   cryptography
-charset-normalizer==2.0.6
-    # via requests
-cheroot==8.5.2
-    # via -r requirements.in
-click==7.1.2
-    # via flask
-coincurve==13.0.0
-    # via -r requirements.in
-commonmark==0.9.1
-    # via recommonmark
-crc32c==2.2.post0
-    # via -r requirements.in
-cryptography==3.4.8
-    # via -r requirements.in
-docutils==0.17.1
-    # via
-    #   recommonmark
-    #   sphinx
-entrypoints==0.3
-    # via flake8
-ephemeral-port-reserve==1.1.1
-    # via -r requirements.in
-execnet==1.9.0
-    # via pytest-xdist
-flake8==3.7.9
-    # via -r requirements.in
-flaky==3.7.0
-    # via -r requirements.in
-flask==1.1.4
-    # via -r requirements.in
-grpcio==1.34.0
-    # via
-    #   -r requirements.in
-    #   grpcio-tools
-grpcio-tools==1.34.0
-    # via -r requirements.in
-idna==3.2
-    # via requests
-imagesize==1.2.0
-    # via sphinx
-iniconfig==1.1.1
-    # via pytest
-itsdangerous==1.1.0
-    # via flask
-jaraco.functools==3.3.0
-    # via cheroot
-jinja2==2.11.3
-    # via
-    #   flask
-    #   mrkd
-    #   sphinx
-jsonschema==3.2.0
-    # via -r requirements.in
-mako==1.1.5
-    # via -r requirements.in
-markupsafe==2.0.1
-    # via
-    #   jinja2
-    #   mako
-mccabe==0.6.1
-    # via flake8
-mistune==0.8.4
-    # via mrkd
-mistune-contrib==0.1
-    # via mrkd
-more-itertools==8.10.0
-    # via
-    #   cheroot
-    #   jaraco.functools
-mrkd==0.1.6
-    # via -r requirements.in
-mypy==0.910
-    # via -r requirements.in
-mypy-extensions==0.4.3
-    # via mypy
-packaging==21.0
-    # via
-    #   pytest
-    #   sphinx
-plac==1.3.3
-    # via mrkd
-pluggy==0.13.1
-    # via pytest
-protobuf==3.19.3
-    # via grpcio-tools
-psutil==5.7.3
-    # via -r requirements.in
-psycopg2-binary==2.8.6
-    # via -r requirements.in
-py==1.10.0
-    # via
-    #   pytest
-    #   pytest-forked
-pycodestyle==2.5.0
-    # via flake8
-pycparser==2.20
-    # via
-    #   -r requirements.in
-    #   cffi
-pyflakes==2.1.1
-    # via flake8
-pygments==2.10.0
-    # via
-    #   mrkd
-    #   sphinx
-pyparsing==2.4.7
-    # via packaging
-pyrsistent==0.18.0
-    # via jsonschema
-pysocks==1.7.1
-    # via -r requirements.in
-pytest==6.1.2
-    # via
-    #   -r requirements.in
-    #   pytest-forked
-    #   pytest-rerunfailures
-    #   pytest-timeout
-    #   pytest-xdist
-pytest-forked==1.3.0
-    # via pytest-xdist
-pytest-rerunfailures==9.1.1
-    # via -r requirements.in
-pytest-timeout==1.4.2
-    # via -r requirements.in
-pytest-xdist==2.2.1
-    # via -r requirements.in
-python-bitcoinlib==0.11.0
-    # via -r requirements.in
-pytz==2021.1
-    # via babel
-recommonmark==0.7.1
-    # via -r requirements.in
-requests==2.26.0
-    # via sphinx
-six==1.16.0
-    # via
-    #   cheroot
-    #   grpcio
-    #   jsonschema
-snowballstemmer==2.1.0
-    # via sphinx
-sphinx==4.2.0
-    # via recommonmark
-sphinxcontrib-applehelp==1.0.2
-    # via sphinx
-sphinxcontrib-devhelp==1.0.2
-    # via sphinx
-sphinxcontrib-htmlhelp==2.0.0
-    # via sphinx
-sphinxcontrib-jsmath==1.0.1
-    # via sphinx
-sphinxcontrib-qthelp==1.0.3
-    # via sphinx
-sphinxcontrib-serializinghtml==1.1.5
-    # via sphinx
-toml==0.10.2
-    # via
-    #   mypy
-    #   pytest
-typing-extensions==3.10.0.2
-    # via mypy
-urllib3==1.26.7
-    # via requests
-websocket-client==1.2.1
-    # via -r requirements.in
-werkzeug==1.0.1
-    # via flask
-
-# The following packages are considered to be unsafe in a requirements file:
-# setuptools