diff --git a/common/lib/calc/setup.py b/common/lib/calc/setup.py
index 9354bb7b83..d62dd9b6eb 100644
--- a/common/lib/calc/setup.py
+++ b/common/lib/calc/setup.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ setup(
     version="0.2",
     packages=["calc"],
     install_requires=[
-        "pyparsing==2.0.7",
+        "pyparsing==2.2.0",
         "numpy==1.6.2",
         "scipy==0.14.0",
     ],
diff --git a/common/lib/chem/setup.py b/common/lib/chem/setup.py
index c421877153..9affb3d665 100644
--- a/common/lib/chem/setup.py
+++ b/common/lib/chem/setup.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ setup(
     version="0.1.2",
     packages=["chem"],
     install_requires=[
-        "pyparsing==2.0.7",
+        "pyparsing==2.2.0",
         "numpy==1.6.2",
         "scipy==0.14.0",
         "nltk==3.2.5",
diff --git a/requirements/edx-sandbox/base.txt b/requirements/edx-sandbox/base.txt
index 75796afe1f..5852d1a74b 100644
--- a/requirements/edx-sandbox/base.txt
+++ b/requirements/edx-sandbox/base.txt
@@ -12,5 +12,5 @@ nltk==3.2.5
 numpy==1.6.2
 networkx==1.7
 sympy==0.7.1
-pyparsing==2.0.7
+pyparsing==2.2.0
 cryptography==1.9
diff --git a/requirements/edx/base.txt b/requirements/edx/base.txt
index c61145cb34..2fe75b78d8 100644
--- a/requirements/edx/base.txt
+++ b/requirements/edx/base.txt
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ pyjwkest==1.3.2
 # TODO Replace PyJWT usage with pyjwkest
 PyJWT==1.4.0
 pymongo==2.9.1
+pyparsing==2.2.0
 python-memcached==1.48
 django-memcached-hashring==0.1.2
 python-openid==2.2.5
@@ -113,6 +114,7 @@ PyYAML==3.12
 requests-oauthlib==0.4.1
 rules==1.1.1
 s3transfer==0.1.12
+numpy==1.6.2
 scipy==0.14.0
 Shapely==1.2.16
 singledispatch==3.4.0.2
diff --git a/requirements/edx/pre.txt b/requirements/edx/pre.txt
index 265cd46ad0..552f6ef8e0 100644
--- a/requirements/edx/pre.txt
+++ b/requirements/edx/pre.txt
@@ -4,11 +4,4 @@
 #   * @edx/ospr - to check licensing
 #   * @edx/devops - to check system requirements
 
-# Packaging pre-requisites.
-pyparsing==2.0.7
-setuptools==37.0.0
-pip==9.0.1
-
-# Numpy and scipy can't be installed in the same pip run.
-# Install numpy before other things to help resolve the problem.
-numpy==1.6.2
+# Empty file left here until all the places that expect it have been updated.