diff --git a/scripts/create-dev-env.sh b/scripts/create-dev-env.sh
index 6f8ed242ae..7f7c9f94d1 100755
--- a/scripts/create-dev-env.sh
+++ b/scripts/create-dev-env.sh
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ pip install -r $BASE/edx-platform/requirements/edx/pre.txt
 
 output "Installing edX paver-requirements"
 pip install -r $BASE/edx-platform/requirements/edx/paver.txt
-pip install watchdog==0.7.1
+
 
 output "Installing edX requirements"
 # Install prereqs