diff --git a/README.dev.md b/README.dev.md
index b48534641d..6b35c86e07 100644
--- a/README.dev.md
+++ b/README.dev.md
@@ -1105,7 +1105,7 @@ Once you have created and activated a virtualenv, do the following:
 
 ```
 pip install --upgrade pip # upgrade pip itself because older versions have known issues.
-pip install --no-deps -r requirements/dev.txt # install python packages required for development
+pip install --no-deps -r requirements/py2_dev.txt # install python packages required for development
 ./tools/setup/install-phantomjs
 ./tools/install-mypy
 ./tools/setup/download-zxcvbn
diff --git a/scripts/lib/create-production-venv b/scripts/lib/create-production-venv
index c25007f2d2..278b94fabd 100755
--- a/scripts/lib/create-production-venv
+++ b/scripts/lib/create-production-venv
@@ -19,5 +19,5 @@ args = parser.parse_args()
 # install dependencies for setting up the virtualenv
 run(["apt-get", "-y", "install"] + VENV_DEPENDENCIES)
 
-cached_venv_path = setup_virtualenv(args.target, os.path.join(ZULIP_PATH, "requirements", "prod.txt"))
+cached_venv_path = setup_virtualenv(args.target, os.path.join(ZULIP_PATH, "requirements", "py2_prod.txt"))
 # Now the virtualenv has been activated
diff --git a/tools/provision.py b/tools/provision.py
index c84cb2dd29..614d03cd0e 100755
--- a/tools/provision.py
+++ b/tools/provision.py
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ def main():
     setup_virtualenv(PY3_VENV_PATH,
                      os.path.join(ZULIP_PATH, "requirements", "mypy.txt"),
                      virtualenv_args=['-p', 'python3'])
-    setup_virtualenv(VENV_PATH, os.path.join(ZULIP_PATH, "requirements", "dev.txt"))
+    setup_virtualenv(VENV_PATH, os.path.join(ZULIP_PATH, "requirements", "py2_dev.txt"))
 
     # Put Python2 virtualenv activation in our .bash_profile.
     with open(os.path.expanduser('~/.bash_profile'), 'w+') as bash_profile: