diff --git a/files/debs/cinder b/files/debs/cinder
index 48b8d0f7d3..3595e011da 100644
--- a/files/debs/cinder
+++ b/files/debs/cinder
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-libpq-dev
 lvm2
 open-iscsi
 open-iscsi-utils # Deprecated since quantal dist:precise
diff --git a/files/rpms-suse/cinder b/files/rpms-suse/cinder
index 56b1bb536a..189a232fa7 100644
--- a/files/rpms-suse/cinder
+++ b/files/rpms-suse/cinder
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 lvm2
 open-iscsi
-postgresql-devel
-python-devel
 qemu-tools
 tgt # NOPRIME
diff --git a/files/rpms-suse/glance b/files/rpms-suse/glance
deleted file mode 100644
index bf512de575..0000000000
--- a/files/rpms-suse/glance
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-python-devel
diff --git a/files/rpms-suse/keystone b/files/rpms-suse/keystone
index c838b413c3..46832c786d 100644
--- a/files/rpms-suse/keystone
+++ b/files/rpms-suse/keystone
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 cyrus-sasl-devel
 openldap2-devel
-python-devel
 sqlite3
diff --git a/files/rpms-suse/neutron b/files/rpms-suse/neutron
index 4b0eefaaa5..e9abc6eca6 100644
--- a/files/rpms-suse/neutron
+++ b/files/rpms-suse/neutron
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ ebtables
 iptables
 iputils
 mariadb # NOPRIME
-postgresql-devel
 rabbitmq-server # NOPRIME
 radvd # NOPRIME
 sqlite3
diff --git a/files/rpms-suse/nova b/files/rpms-suse/nova
index 2f3ad21a63..ae115d2138 100644
--- a/files/rpms-suse/nova
+++ b/files/rpms-suse/nova
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ libvirt-python # NOPRIME
 mariadb # NOPRIME
 parted
 polkit
-python-devel
 # qemu as fallback if kvm cannot be used
 qemu # NOPRIME
 rabbitmq-server # NOPRIME
diff --git a/files/rpms-suse/swift b/files/rpms-suse/swift
index 6a824f944f..52e0a990e7 100644
--- a/files/rpms-suse/swift
+++ b/files/rpms-suse/swift
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 curl
 memcached
-python-devel
 sqlite3
 xfsprogs
 xinetd
diff --git a/files/rpms/cinder b/files/rpms/cinder
index f28f04d8ba..0274642fd6 100644
--- a/files/rpms/cinder
+++ b/files/rpms/cinder
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 iscsi-initiator-utils
 lvm2
-postgresql-devel
 qemu-img
 scsi-target-utils # NOPRIME
diff --git a/files/rpms/neutron b/files/rpms/neutron
index b3f79ed146..9683475d29 100644
--- a/files/rpms/neutron
+++ b/files/rpms/neutron
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ mysql-devel
 MySQL-python
 mysql-server # NOPRIME
 openvswitch # NOPRIME
-postgresql-devel
 rabbitmq-server # NOPRIME
 radvd # NOPRIME
 sqlite