diff --git a/files/debs/general b/files/debs/general
index 4050191379..5047c12249 100644
--- a/files/debs/general
+++ b/files/debs/general
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 bridge-utils
-pylint
 screen
 unzip
 wget
@@ -10,17 +9,12 @@ graphviz # testonly - docs
 lsof # useful when debugging
 openssh-server
 openssl
-python-virtualenv
-python-unittest2
 iputils-ping
 wget
 curl
 tcpdump
-euca2ools # only for testing client
 tar
-python-cmd2 # dist:precise
 python-dev
-python-mock # testonly
 python2.7
 bc
 libyaml-dev
diff --git a/files/debs/glance b/files/debs/glance
index 8db8145935..9fda6a63d9 100644
--- a/files/debs/glance
+++ b/files/debs/glance
@@ -3,11 +3,4 @@ libpq-dev           # testonly
 libssl-dev          # testonly
 libxml2-dev
 libxslt1-dev        # testonly
-python-eventlet
-python-routes
-python-greenlet
-python-sqlalchemy
-python-pastedeploy
-python-xattr
-python-iso8601
 zlib1g-dev           # testonly
diff --git a/files/debs/horizon b/files/debs/horizon
index f9b7d597dc..1f45b54f7c 100644
--- a/files/debs/horizon
+++ b/files/debs/horizon
@@ -1,19 +1,3 @@
 apache2  # NOPRIME
 libapache2-mod-wsgi  # NOPRIME
-python-beautifulsoup
-python-dateutil
-python-paste
-python-pastedeploy
-python-anyjson
-python-routes
-python-xattr
-python-sqlalchemy
-python-webob
-pylint
-python-eventlet
-python-nose
-python-mox
-python-coverage
-python-cherrypy3 # why?
-python-migrate
 libpcre3-dev  # pyScss
diff --git a/files/debs/keystone b/files/debs/keystone
index d316a4291b..70a56499e9 100644
--- a/files/debs/keystone
+++ b/files/debs/keystone
@@ -1,15 +1,7 @@
 python-lxml
-python-pastescript
-python-pastedeploy
-python-paste
 sqlite3
-python-pysqlite2
-python-sqlalchemy
 python-mysqldb
 python-mysql.connector
-python-webob
-python-greenlet
-python-routes
 libldap2-dev
 libsasl2-dev
 libkrb5-dev
diff --git a/files/debs/n-api b/files/debs/n-api
index b4372d9361..0928cd56b9 100644
--- a/files/debs/n-api
+++ b/files/debs/n-api
@@ -1,3 +1 @@
-python-dateutil
-msgpack-python
 fping
diff --git a/files/debs/neutron b/files/debs/neutron
index 3f4b6d2999..aa3d7095ca 100644
--- a/files/debs/neutron
+++ b/files/debs/neutron
@@ -7,17 +7,8 @@ libmysqlclient-dev  # testonly
 mysql-server #NOPRIME
 sudo
 postgresql-server-dev-all       # testonly
-python-iso8601
-python-paste
-python-routes
-python-suds
-python-pastedeploy
-python-greenlet
-python-eventlet
-python-sqlalchemy
 python-mysqldb
 python-mysql.connector
-python-pyudev
 python-qpid # NOPRIME
 dnsmasq-base
 dnsmasq-utils # for dhcp_release only available in dist:precise
diff --git a/files/debs/nova b/files/debs/nova
index 66f29c4baf..0c31385ddd 100644
--- a/files/debs/nova
+++ b/files/debs/nova
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ libmysqlclient-dev  # testonly
 mysql-server # NOPRIME
 python-mysqldb
 python-mysql.connector
-python-xattr # needed for glance which is needed for nova --- this shouldn't be here
 python-lxml # needed for glance which is needed for nova --- this shouldn't be here
 gawk
 iptables
@@ -27,22 +26,8 @@ genisoimage # required for config_drive
 rabbitmq-server # NOPRIME
 qpidd # NOPRIME
 socat # used by ajaxterm
-python-mox
-python-paste
-python-migrate
-python-greenlet
 python-libvirt # NOPRIME
 python-libxml2
-python-routes
 python-numpy # used by websockify for spice console
-python-pastedeploy
-python-eventlet
-python-cheetah
-python-tempita
-python-sqlalchemy
-python-suds
-python-lockfile
 python-m2crypto
-python-feedparser
-python-iso8601
 python-qpid # NOPRIME
diff --git a/files/debs/swift b/files/debs/swift
index fd51699238..b32b43985a 100644
--- a/files/debs/swift
+++ b/files/debs/swift
@@ -1,14 +1,7 @@
 curl
 memcached
-python-configobj
-python-coverage
-python-eventlet
-python-greenlet
-python-netifaces
+# NOTE python-nose only exists because of swift functional job, we should probably
+# figure out a more consistent way of installing this from test-requirements.txt instead
 python-nose
-python-pastedeploy
-python-simplejson
-python-webob
-python-xattr
 sqlite3
 xfsprogs