diff --git a/files/rpms-suse/n-api b/files/rpms-suse/n-api
index ad943ffdf8..0f08daace3 100644
--- a/files/rpms-suse/n-api
+++ b/files/rpms-suse/n-api
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-gcc  # temporary because this pulls in glance to get the client without running the glance prereqs
 python-dateutil
diff --git a/files/rpms-suse/nova b/files/rpms-suse/nova
index 1be24a824e..edb1a8a8e6 100644
--- a/files/rpms-suse/nova
+++ b/files/rpms-suse/nova
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 curl
-# Note: we need to package dhcp_release in dnsmasq!
 dnsmasq
+dnsmasq-utils # dist:opensuse-12.3
 ebtables
 gawk
 genisoimage # required for config_drive
diff --git a/files/rpms-suse/quantum b/files/rpms-suse/quantum
index 068c15c22f..aadb156732 100644
--- a/files/rpms-suse/quantum
+++ b/files/rpms-suse/quantum
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-# Note: we need to package dhcp_release in dnsmasq!
 dnsmasq
+dnsmasq-utils # dist:opensuse-12.3
 ebtables
 iptables
 iputils