diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d5fe3fbc..5fafa122 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -114,8 +114,8 @@ upgrade: piptools $(COMMON_CONSTRAINTS_TXT) ## update the requirements/*.txt fil
 	# This is a temporary solution to override the real common_constraints.txt
 	# In edx-lint, until the pyjwt constraint in edx-lint has been removed.
 	# See BOM-271 for more details.
-	sed -i.'' 's/Django<4.0//g' requirements/common_constraints.txt
-	sed -i.'' 's/django-simple-history==3.0.0//g' requirements/common_constraints.txt
+	sed -i 's/Django<4.0//g' requirements/common_constraints.txt
+	sed -i 's/django-simple-history==3.0.0//g' requirements/common_constraints.txt
 	# Make sure to compile files after any other files they include!
 	pip-compile --upgrade --rebuild --allow-unsafe -o requirements/pip.txt requirements/pip.in
 	pip-compile --upgrade -o requirements/pip-tools.txt requirements/pip-tools.in
diff --git a/requirements/common_constraints.txt. b/requirements/common_constraints.txt.
deleted file mode 100644
index eb994cfe..00000000
--- a/requirements/common_constraints.txt.
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-# This is a temporary solution to override the real common_constraints.txt
-# In edx-lint, until the pyjwt constraint in edx-lint has been removed.
-# See BOM-2721 for more details.
-# Below is the copied and edited version of common_constraints
-
-# A central location for most common version constraints
-# (across edx repos) for pip-installation.
-#
-# Similar to other constraint files this file doesn't install any packages.
-# It specifies version constraints that will be applied if a package is needed.
-# When pinning something here, please provide an explanation of why it is a good
-# idea to pin this package across all edx repos, Ideally, link to other information
-# that will help people in the future to remove the pin when possible.
-# Writing an issue against the offending project and linking to it here is good.
-#
-# Note: Changes to this file will automatically be used by other repos, referencing
-#  this file from Github directly. It does not require packaging in edx-lint.
-
-
-# using LTS django version
-
-
-# elasticsearch>=7.14.0 includes breaking changes in it which caused issues in discovery upgrade process.
-# elastic search changelog: https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/enterprise-search/master/release-notes-7.14.0.html
-elasticsearch<7.14.0
-
-# django-simple-history>3.0.0 adds indexing and causes a lot of migrations to be affected
-django-simple-history==3.0.0