diff --git a/.ebextensions/python27.config b/.ebextensions/python27.config
index e474fbea3..0d7b06efb 100644
--- a/.ebextensions/python27.config
+++ b/.ebextensions/python27.config
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ packages:
     python27-devel: []
     make: []
     httpd-devel: []
-    MySQL-python: []
 
 commands:
   # The modwsgi version currently installed on the system
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index d508a85c0..71049adb4 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -4,12 +4,11 @@ Flask-Mail==0.9.0
 Flask-Principal==0.4.0
 Jinja2==2.7.1
 MarkupSafe==0.18
-MySQL-python==1.2.4
+MySQL-python==1.2.3
 Werkzeug==0.9.4
 argparse==1.2.1
 blinker==1.3
 boto==2.13.3
-distribute==0.6.28
 itsdangerous==0.23
 peewee==2.1.4
 py-bcrypt==0.4