diff --git a/python/dev_requirements.txt b/python/dev_requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6970ee613
--- /dev/null
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+-r requirements.txt
+pyparsing>=2.4.2
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/python/requirements.txt b/python/requirements.txt
index 481d27d8e..099cc80d6 100644
--- a/python/requirements.txt
+++ b/python/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
 numpy>=1.11.0
-pyparsing>=2.4.2