diff --git a/requirements/edx/development.txt b/requirements/edx/development.txt
index 7e0dd72b38..279135bcd4 100644
--- a/requirements/edx/development.txt
+++ b/requirements/edx/development.txt
@@ -2048,10 +2048,6 @@ tomlkit==0.12.2
     #   pylint
     #   snowflake-connector-python
 tox==3.28.0
-    # via
-    #   -r requirements/edx/testing.txt
-    #   tox-battery
-tox-battery==0.6.2
     # via -r requirements/edx/testing.txt
 tqdm==4.66.1
     # via
diff --git a/requirements/edx/testing.in b/requirements/edx/testing.in
index b7806b027e..a0b4c5bff5 100644
--- a/requirements/edx/testing.in
+++ b/requirements/edx/testing.in
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ pytest-xdist[psutil]      # Parallel execution of tests on multiple CPU cores or
 singledispatch            # Backport of functools.singledispatch from Python 3.4+, used in tests of XBlock rendering
 testfixtures              # Provides a LogCapture utility used by several tests
 tox                       # virtualenv management for tests
-tox-battery               # Makes tox aware of requirements file changes
 unidiff                   # Required by coverage_pytest_plugin
 pylint-pytest==0.3.0      # A Pylint plugin to suppress pytest-related false positives.
 pact-python               # Library for contract testing
diff --git a/requirements/edx/testing.txt b/requirements/edx/testing.txt
index 2fa2893538..aebe254d69 100644
--- a/requirements/edx/testing.txt
+++ b/requirements/edx/testing.txt
@@ -1515,10 +1515,6 @@ tomlkit==0.12.2
     #   pylint
     #   snowflake-connector-python
 tox==3.28.0
-    # via
-    #   -r requirements/edx/testing.in
-    #   tox-battery
-tox-battery==0.6.2
     # via -r requirements/edx/testing.in
 tqdm==4.66.1
     # via
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 80eb6b5097..3069c04ca4 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ passenv =
     XDIST_WORKER_SECURITY_GROUP
     XDIST_WORKER_SUBNET
 commands_pre = make test-requirements
-whitelist_externals =
+allowlist_externals =
     /bin/bash
     /usr/bin/curl
     /bin/tar