diff --git a/conf/distros/rhel.yaml b/conf/distros/rhel.yaml
index b1e01fb0..320cf21f 100644
--- a/conf/distros/rhel.yaml
+++ b/conf/distros/rhel.yaml
@@ -424,6 +424,7 @@ components:
         # installed in rhel uses a old version of crypto which
         # other components actually can't use. This sucks...
         -   name: paramiko
+        -   name: stevedore
         subsystems:
             novncproxy:
                 packages: