diff --git a/examples/kubernetes/guestbook/extract.sh b/examples/kubernetes/guestbook/extract.sh
index bf10bb79790..068d85e9376 100644
--- a/examples/kubernetes/guestbook/extract.sh
+++ b/examples/kubernetes/guestbook/extract.sh
@@ -22,5 +22,3 @@ cp -R $VTTOP/py/* /out/pkg/py-vtdb/
 cp -R /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages /out/pkg/
 cp -R /vt/dist/py-* /out/pkg/
 
-# We also need the grpc libraries.
-cp /usr/local/lib/libgrpc.so /out/lib/
diff --git a/examples/kubernetes/guestbook/requirements.txt b/examples/kubernetes/guestbook/requirements.txt
index 880a7bc4f2e..07bfdd2f3fc 100644
--- a/examples/kubernetes/guestbook/requirements.txt
+++ b/examples/kubernetes/guestbook/requirements.txt
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
 Flask==0.10
+grpcio==1.12.0
+grpcio-tools==1.12.0
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