diff --git a/11.0.Dockerfile b/11.0.Dockerfile
index ea7a702c..80d9825f 100644
--- a/11.0.Dockerfile
+++ b/11.0.Dockerfile
@@ -136,7 +136,6 @@ FROM base AS onbuild
 ONBUILD ENTRYPOINT ["/opt/odoo/common/entrypoint"]
 ONBUILD CMD ["/usr/local/bin/odoo"]
 ONBUILD ARG AGGREGATE=true
-ONBUILD ARG AUTO_REQUIREMENTS=false
 ONBUILD ARG DEFAULT_REPO_PATTERN="https://github.com/OCA/{}.git"
 ONBUILD ARG DEFAULT_REPO_PATTERN_ODOO="https://github.com/OCA/OCB.git"
 ONBUILD ARG DEPTH_DEFAULT=1
diff --git a/12.0.Dockerfile b/12.0.Dockerfile
index 988911ce..3b03718a 100644
--- a/12.0.Dockerfile
+++ b/12.0.Dockerfile
@@ -127,7 +127,6 @@ FROM base AS onbuild
 ONBUILD ENTRYPOINT ["/opt/odoo/common/entrypoint"]
 ONBUILD CMD ["/usr/local/bin/odoo"]
 ONBUILD ARG AGGREGATE=true
-ONBUILD ARG AUTO_REQUIREMENTS=false
 ONBUILD ARG DEFAULT_REPO_PATTERN="https://github.com/OCA/{}.git"
 ONBUILD ARG DEFAULT_REPO_PATTERN_ODOO="https://github.com/OCA/OCB.git"
 ONBUILD ARG DEPTH_DEFAULT=1
diff --git a/8.0.Dockerfile b/8.0.Dockerfile
index 0fcda71e..bbdbb9a4 100644
--- a/8.0.Dockerfile
+++ b/8.0.Dockerfile
@@ -122,7 +122,6 @@ ONBUILD USER root
 ONBUILD ENTRYPOINT ["/opt/odoo/common/entrypoint"]
 ONBUILD CMD ["/usr/local/bin/odoo"]
 ONBUILD ARG AGGREGATE=true
-ONBUILD ARG AUTO_REQUIREMENTS=false
 ONBUILD ARG DEFAULT_REPO_PATTERN="https://github.com/OCA/{}.git"
 ONBUILD ARG DEFAULT_REPO_PATTERN_ODOO="https://github.com/OCA/OCB.git"
 ONBUILD ARG DEPTH_DEFAULT=1
diff --git a/build.d/200-dependencies b/build.d/200-dependencies
index ceae1c57..745566a2 100755
--- a/build.d/200-dependencies
+++ b/build.d/200-dependencies
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ from os.path import basename, join, splitext
 from glob import glob
 
 from doodbalib import (
-    AUTO_REQUIREMENTS,
     CUSTOM_DIR,
     FILE_APT_BUILD,
     SRC_DIR,
@@ -18,9 +17,6 @@ install("apt", FILE_APT_BUILD)
 
 for name in INSTALLERS:
     req_files = []
-    # pip `requirements.txt` files found in repositories
-    if name == "pip" and AUTO_REQUIREMENTS:
-        req_files += glob(join(SRC_DIR, "*", "requirements.txt"))
     # Normal dependency installation
     req_files.append(join(CUSTOM_DIR, 'dependencies', '%s.txt' % name))
     for req_file in req_files:
diff --git a/lib/doodbalib/__init__.py b/lib/doodbalib/__init__.py
index f677de2c..bdac6d2c 100644
--- a/lib/doodbalib/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/doodbalib/__init__.py
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
     AUTO_REPOS_YAML = '%s.yaml' % AUTO_REPOS_YAML
 
 CLEAN = os.environ.get("CLEAN") == "true"
-AUTO_REQUIREMENTS = os.environ.get("AUTO_REQUIREMENTS") == "true"
 LOG_LEVELS = ("DEBUG", "INFO", "WARNING", "ERROR")
 FILE_APT_BUILD = os.path.join(
     CUSTOM_DIR, 'dependencies', 'apt_build.txt',
diff --git a/tests/scaffoldings/dotd/custom/dependencies/pip.txt b/tests/scaffoldings/dotd/custom/dependencies/pip.txt
index 5b9322ed..bc8535dd 100644
--- a/tests/scaffoldings/dotd/custom/dependencies/pip.txt
+++ b/tests/scaffoldings/dotd/custom/dependencies/pip.txt
@@ -2,3 +2,5 @@
 pycrypto==2.6.1 --no-binary :all:
 # Odoo pins docutils==0.12, so let's check it gets upgraded
 docutils==0.14
+# External dependency files can be included too; example: cfssl
+-r https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Tecnativa/doodba/f1d5b4e65d463eb25b1bece981bc806e9237310f/tests/scaffoldings/dotd/custom/src/dummy_repo/requirements.txt
diff --git a/tests/scaffoldings/dotd/custom/src/dummy_repo/requirements.txt b/tests/scaffoldings/dotd/custom/src/dummy_repo/requirements.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 0139cd0a..00000000
--- a/tests/scaffoldings/dotd/custom/src/dummy_repo/requirements.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-cfssl
diff --git a/tests/scaffoldings/dotd/docker-compose.yaml b/tests/scaffoldings/dotd/docker-compose.yaml
index 75ebd8d5..22a0119d 100644
--- a/tests/scaffoldings/dotd/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/tests/scaffoldings/dotd/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ services:
     build:
       context: ./
       args:
-        AUTO_REQUIREMENTS: "true"
         LOG_LEVEL: DEBUG
         ODOO_VERSION: $ODOO_MINOR
     tty: true
diff --git a/tests/scaffoldings/settings/docker-compose.yaml b/tests/scaffoldings/settings/docker-compose.yaml
index 73d45fc5..e83fc641 100644
--- a/tests/scaffoldings/settings/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/tests/scaffoldings/settings/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ services:
     build:
       context: ./
       args:
-        AUTO_REQUIREMENTS: "true"
         LOG_LEVEL: DEBUG
         ODOO_VERSION: $ODOO_MINOR
     tty: true