diff --git a/apps/rss_feeds/page_importer.py b/apps/rss_feeds/page_importer.py
index 519e5599f..6d58b14b7 100644
--- a/apps/rss_feeds/page_importer.py
+++ b/apps/rss_feeds/page_importer.py
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ class PageImporter(object):
                 's' if self.feed.num_subscribers != 1 else '',
                 self.feed.permalink,
             ),
+            'Connection': 'close',
         }
     
     @timelimit(15)
@@ -78,7 +79,6 @@ class PageImporter(object):
                 else:
                     try:
                         response = requests.get(feed_link, headers=self.headers)
-                        response.connection.close()
                     except requests.exceptions.TooManyRedirects:
                         response = requests.get(feed_link)
                     except (AttributeError, SocketError), e:
diff --git a/config/requirements.txt b/config/requirements.txt
index a96037a0a..4a06e579f 100755
--- a/config/requirements.txt
+++ b/config/requirements.txt
@@ -37,12 +37,9 @@ raven==3.1.17
 readline==6.2.4.1
 redis==2.8.0
 hiredis==0.1.1
-requests==2.2.1
+requests==1.1.0
 seacucumber==1.5
 South==0.7.6
 stripe==1.12.2
 django-oauth-toolkit==0.5.0
 django-cors-headers==0.12
-pyOpenSSL==0.14
-pyasn1==0.1.7
-ndg-httpsclient==0.3.2