diff --git a/playbooks/roles/gerrit/tasks/main.yaml b/playbooks/roles/gerrit/tasks/main.yaml
index 8e133b7143..2241539ebd 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/gerrit/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/gerrit/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -255,12 +255,11 @@
     name: '[{{ gerrit_vhost_name }}]:29418'
   when: gerrit_self_hostkey is defined
 
-- name: Install apache2 and mysql client tools
+- name: Install apache2
   apt:
     name:
       - apache2
       - apache2-utils
-      - mysql-client-core-5.7
     state: present
 
 - name: Apache modules