diff --git a/vars/redhat.yml b/vars/redhat.yml
index cfbeb69..8c09b66 100644
--- a/vars/redhat.yml
+++ b/vars/redhat.yml
@@ -18,14 +18,7 @@
 cache_timeout: 600
 
 trove_distro_packages:
-  - gcc
-  - gcc-c++
-  - git
   - httpd
   - httpd-tools
-  - libxslt-devel
-  - mariadb
   - mod_wsgi
-  - python-devel
-  - python-pip
   - qemu-img
diff --git a/vars/ubuntu-16.04.yml b/vars/ubuntu-16.04.yml
index 68dc2e9..550c5c7 100644
--- a/vars/ubuntu-16.04.yml
+++ b/vars/ubuntu-16.04.yml
@@ -21,11 +21,4 @@ trove_distro_packages:
   - apache2
   - apache2-utils
   - libapache2-mod-wsgi
-  - git
-  - build-essential
-  - python-dev
-  - python-software-properties
-  - python-pip
-  - mysql-client
-  - libxslt1-dev
   - qemu-utils