diff --git a/functions-common b/functions-common
index 030ff8c02d..6d565916fa 100644
--- a/functions-common
+++ b/functions-common
@@ -386,8 +386,6 @@ function GetDistro {
         DISTRO="rhel${os_RELEASE::1}"
     elif [[ "$os_VENDOR" =~ (XenServer) ]]; then
         DISTRO="xs${os_RELEASE%.*}"
-    elif [[ "$os_VENDOR" =~ (kvmibm) ]]; then
-        DISTRO="${os_VENDOR}${os_RELEASE::1}"
     else
         # We can't make a good choice here.  Setting a sensible DISTRO
         # is part of the problem, but not the major issue -- we really
@@ -441,7 +439,7 @@ function is_fedora {
     [ "$os_VENDOR" = "Fedora" ] || [ "$os_VENDOR" = "Red Hat" ] || \
         [ "$os_VENDOR" = "RedHatEnterpriseServer" ] || \
         [ "$os_VENDOR" = "CentOS" ] || [ "$os_VENDOR" = "OracleServer" ] || \
-        [ "$os_VENDOR" = "Virtuozzo" ] || [ "$os_VENDOR" = "kvmibm" ]
+        [ "$os_VENDOR" = "Virtuozzo" ]
 }
 
 
diff --git a/lib/nova_plugins/functions-libvirt b/lib/nova_plugins/functions-libvirt
index 8d74c77517..c8527387ab 100644
--- a/lib/nova_plugins/functions-libvirt
+++ b/lib/nova_plugins/functions-libvirt
@@ -72,11 +72,6 @@ function install_libvirt {
         pip_install_gr libvirt-python
         #pip_install_gr <there-si-no-guestfs-in-pypi>
     elif is_fedora || is_suse; then
-        # On "KVM for IBM z Systems", kvm does not have its own package
-        if [[ ! ${DISTRO} =~ "kvmibm1" ]]; then
-            install_package qemu-kvm
-        fi
-
         install_package libvirt libvirt-devel
         pip_uninstall libvirt-python
         pip_install_gr libvirt-python
diff --git a/stack.sh b/stack.sh
index f14ed96b9b..a125d4a0d7 100755
--- a/stack.sh
+++ b/stack.sh
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ write_devstack_version
 
 # Warn users who aren't on an explicitly supported distro, but allow them to
 # override check and attempt installation with ``FORCE=yes ./stack``
-if [[ ! ${DISTRO} =~ (xenial|yakkety|zesty|stretch|jessie|f24|f25|f26|opensuse-42.2|opensuse-42.3|rhel7|kvmibm1) ]]; then
+if [[ ! ${DISTRO} =~ (xenial|yakkety|zesty|stretch|jessie|f24|f25|f26|opensuse-42.2|opensuse-42.3|rhel7) ]]; then
     echo "WARNING: this script has not been tested on $DISTRO"
     if [[ "$FORCE" != "yes" ]]; then
         die $LINENO "If you wish to run this script anyway run with FORCE=yes"