diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4f88bbc84..6b519d1e2 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 SHELL := /bin/bash
 DATE = $(shell date +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S)
 
-PIP_ACCEL_CACHE ?= ${CURDIR}/cache/pip-accel
 APP_VERSION_FILE = app/version.py
 
 GIT_BRANCH ?= $(shell git symbolic-ref --short HEAD 2> /dev/null || echo "detached")
@@ -32,13 +31,6 @@ NOTIFY_CREDENTIALS ?= ~/.notify-credentials
 help:
 	@cat $(MAKEFILE_LIST) | grep -E '^[a-zA-Z_-]+:.*?## .*$$' | sort | awk 'BEGIN {FS = ":.*?## "}; {printf "\033[36m%-30s\033[0m %s\n", $$1, $$2}'
 
-.PHONY: venv
-venv: venv/bin/activate ## Create virtualenv if it does not exist
-
-venv/bin/activate:
-	test -d venv || virtualenv venv -p python3
-	. venv/bin/activate && pip install pip-accel
-
 .PHONY: check-env-vars
 check-env-vars: ## Check mandatory environment variables
 	$(if ${DEPLOY_ENV},,$(error Must specify DEPLOY_ENV))
@@ -69,12 +61,11 @@ production: ## Set environment to production
 	@true
 
 .PHONY: dependencies
-dependencies: venv ## Install build dependencies
+dependencies: ## Install build dependencies
 	npm set progress=false
 	npm install
 	npm rebuild node-sass
-	mkdir -p ${PIP_ACCEL_CACHE}
-	. venv/bin/activate && PIP_ACCEL_CACHE=${PIP_ACCEL_CACHE} pip-accel install -r requirements_for_test.txt
+	pip install -r requirements_for_test.txt
 
 .PHONY: generate-version-file
 generate-version-file: ## Generates the app version file
@@ -83,7 +74,7 @@ generate-version-file: ## Generates the app version file
 .PHONY: build
 build: dependencies generate-version-file ## Build project
 	npm run build
-	. venv/bin/activate && PIP_ACCEL_CACHE=${PIP_ACCEL_CACHE} pip-accel install -r requirements.txt
+	pip install -r requirements.txt
 
 .PHONY: build-paas-artifact
 build-paas-artifact: ## Build the deploy artifact for PaaS
@@ -102,7 +93,7 @@ upload-static:
 	aws s3 cp --region eu-west-1 --recursive --cache-control max-age=315360000,immutable ./app/static s3://${DNS_NAME}-static
 
 .PHONY: test
-test: venv ## Run tests
+test: ## Run tests
 	./scripts/run_tests.sh
 
 .PHONY: freeze-requirements
@@ -124,20 +115,14 @@ test-requirements:
 	         echo "Run 'make freeze-requirements' to update."; exit 1; } \
 || { echo "requirements.txt is up to date"; exit 0; }
 
-.PHONY: coverage
-coverage: venv ## Create coverage report
-	. venv/bin/activate && coveralls
-
 .PHONY: prepare-docker-build-image
 prepare-docker-build-image: ## Prepare the Docker builder image
-	mkdir -p ${PIP_ACCEL_CACHE}
 	make -C docker build
 
 define run_docker_container
 	@docker run -i${DOCKER_TTY} --rm \
 		--name "${DOCKER_CONTAINER_PREFIX}-${1}" \
 		-v "`pwd`:/var/project" \
-		-v "${PIP_ACCEL_CACHE}:/var/project/cache/pip-accel" \
 		-e UID=$(shell id -u) \
 		-e GID=$(shell id -g) \
 		-e GIT_COMMIT=${GIT_COMMIT} \
@@ -148,7 +133,6 @@ define run_docker_container
 		-e https_proxy="${HTTPS_PROXY}" \
 		-e HTTPS_PROXY="${HTTPS_PROXY}" \
 		-e NO_PROXY="${NO_PROXY}" \
-		-e COVERALLS_REPO_TOKEN=${COVERALLS_REPO_TOKEN} \
 		-e CIRCLECI=1 \
 		-e CI_NAME=${CI_NAME} \
 		-e CI_BUILD_NUMBER=${BUILD_NUMBER} \
@@ -172,18 +156,13 @@ build-with-docker: prepare-docker-build-image ## Build inside a Docker container
 test-with-docker: prepare-docker-build-image ## Run tests inside a Docker container
 	$(call run_docker_container,test,gosu hostuser make test)
 
-# FIXME: CIRCLECI=1 is an ugly hack because the coveralls-python library sends the PR link only this way
-.PHONY: coverage-with-docker
-coverage-with-docker: prepare-docker-build-image ## Generates coverage report inside a Docker container
-	$(call run_docker_container,coverage,gosu hostuser make coverage)
-
 .PHONY: clean-docker-containers
 clean-docker-containers: ## Clean up any remaining docker containers
 	docker rm -f $(shell docker ps -q -f "name=${DOCKER_CONTAINER_PREFIX}") 2> /dev/null || true
 
 .PHONY: clean
 clean:
-	rm -rf node_modules cache target venv .coverage
+	rm -rf node_modules cache target
 
 .PHONY: cf-login
 cf-login: ## Log in to Cloud Foundry
diff --git a/requirements_for_test.txt b/requirements_for_test.txt
index 1aafde244..2f7e7d9e6 100644
--- a/requirements_for_test.txt
+++ b/requirements_for_test.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ pytest-env==0.6.2
 pytest-cov==2.8.1
 pytest-mock==1.11.2
 pytest-xdist==1.27.0 # pyup: <1.28.0
-coveralls==1.8.2
 beautifulsoup4==4.8.1
 freezegun==0.3.12
 flake8==3.7.9