diff --git a/actions/create_linked_resource_url.py b/actions/create_linked_resource_url.py
index e68b5a9..6c5d0ae 100644
--- a/actions/create_linked_resource_url.py
+++ b/actions/create_linked_resource_url.py
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-from azure.mgmt.resource.resources import (
-    ResourceManagementClient,
-    ResourceManagementClientConfiguration)
+from azure.mgmt.resource.resources import ResourceManagementClient
 from azure.mgmt.resource.resources.models import Deployment
 from azure.mgmt.resource.resources.models import DeploymentProperties
 from azure.mgmt.resource.resources.models import DeploymentMode
@@ -15,9 +13,8 @@ def run(self, subscription_id, deployment_name, group_name,
             template_uri, parameters_uri):
         credentials = self.credentials
         resource_client = ResourceManagementClient(
-            ResourceManagementClientConfiguration(
-                credentials,
-                subscription_id))
+            credentials, subscription_id
+        )
         template = TemplateLink(
             uri=template_uri,
         )
diff --git a/actions/create_resource.py b/actions/create_resource.py
index 3acd40e..dd449aa 100644
--- a/actions/create_resource.py
+++ b/actions/create_resource.py
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-from azure.mgmt.resource.resources import (
-    ResourceManagementClient,
-    ResourceManagementClientConfiguration)
+from azure.mgmt.resource.resources import ResourceManagementClient
 from azure.mgmt.resource.resources.models import GenericResource
 
 from lib.base import AzureBaseResourceManagerAction
@@ -13,9 +11,8 @@ def run(self, subscription_id, group_name, resource_name,
         credentials = self.credentials
 
         resource_client = ResourceManagementClient(
-            ResourceManagementClientConfiguration(
-                credentials,
-                subscription_id))
+            credentials, subscription_id
+        )
 
         result = resource_client.resources.create_or_update(
             group_name,
diff --git a/actions/list_resource_groups.py b/actions/list_resource_groups.py
index 7da4b76..c8b4c00 100644
--- a/actions/list_resource_groups.py
+++ b/actions/list_resource_groups.py
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-from azure.mgmt.resource.resources import (
-    ResourceManagementClient,
-    ResourceManagementClientConfiguration)
+from azure.mgmt.resource.resources import ResourceManagementClient
 from lib.base import AzureBaseResourceManagerAction
 
 
@@ -9,9 +7,8 @@ def run(self, subscription_id):
         credentials = self.credentials
 
         resource_client = ResourceManagementClient(
-            ResourceManagementClientConfiguration(
-                credentials,
-                subscription_id))
+            credentials, subscription_id
+        )
 
         resource_groups = resource_client.resource_groups.list()
         return [group.name for group in resource_groups]
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index fd87645..93956fc 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 azurerm==0.8.27
-azure-mgmt==0.30.0a1
 msrestazure
-azure<5.0
-apache-libcloud<3.0.0
+
+# azure and azure-mgmt bundles deprecated
+# so we list just the packages we need
+azure-mgmt-resource
+azure-graphrbac
+
+# pip cannot proces earlier libcloud
+apache-libcloud>=1.0.0,<3.0.0