diff --git a/requirements-lint.txt b/requirements-lint.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9dc6123b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements-lint.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+black
+flake8
+flake8-import-order
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 62ad8766..46eabac3 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
-black
 nose
 pymongo>=3.4
 six==1.10.0
-flake8
-flake8-import-order
 Sphinx==1.5.5
 sphinx-rtd-theme==0.2.4