diff --git a/bindep.txt b/bindep.txt
index 7b2862cea..05852050c 100644
--- a/bindep.txt
+++ b/bindep.txt
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
-dnsmasq
 epel-release        [platform:centos platform:rhel]
 gcc
 git
-libffi-devel        [platform:redhat platform:suse !platform:opensuseproject-42]
-libffi-devel-gcc5   [platform:opensuseproject-42]
+libffi-devel        [platform:redhat platform:suse]
 libffi-dev          [platform:dpkg]
 libopenssl-devel    [platform:suse]
 openssl-devel       [platform:redhat]
@@ -11,18 +9,11 @@ libssl-dev          [platform:dpkg]
 lsb-release         [platform:suse platform:dpkg]
 redhat-lsb          [platform:redhat]
 make
-mariadb             [platform:suse]
-mariadb-server      [platform:redhat platform:dpkg]
-net-tools
 python3              [platform:rpm]
 python3-apt          [platform:dpkg]
 python3-minimal      [platform:dpkg]
 python3-devel        [platform:rpm]
 python3-dev          [platform:dpkg]
 python3-dnf          [platform:fedora]
-python3-venv         [platform:dpkg]
-python3-xml          [platform:suse]
-redhat-rpm-config    [platform:fedora]
-wget
+python3-wheel        [platform:dpkg]
 sudo
-ebtables
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/bifrost-create-vm-nodes/defaults/required_defaults_Debian.yml b/playbooks/roles/bifrost-create-vm-nodes/defaults/required_defaults_Debian.yml
index 61a3085ef..4802191d8 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/bifrost-create-vm-nodes/defaults/required_defaults_Debian.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/bifrost-create-vm-nodes/defaults/required_defaults_Debian.yml
@@ -12,3 +12,5 @@ required_packages:
  - sgabios
  - pkg-config
  - libvirt-dev
+ - ebtables
+ - dnsmasq
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/bifrost-create-vm-nodes/defaults/required_defaults_Suse.yml b/playbooks/roles/bifrost-create-vm-nodes/defaults/required_defaults_Suse.yml
index f38c10ccb..6b7410dbb 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/bifrost-create-vm-nodes/defaults/required_defaults_Suse.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/bifrost-create-vm-nodes/defaults/required_defaults_Suse.yml
@@ -14,3 +14,5 @@ required_packages:
  - libxml2-devel
  - pkg-config
  - libvirt-devel
+ - ebtables
+ - dnsmasq
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/bifrost-create-vm-nodes/defaults/required_defaults_Ubuntu_20.04.yml b/playbooks/roles/bifrost-create-vm-nodes/defaults/required_defaults_Ubuntu_20.04.yml
index 4dd2f8fe6..86a85e1b3 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/bifrost-create-vm-nodes/defaults/required_defaults_Ubuntu_20.04.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/bifrost-create-vm-nodes/defaults/required_defaults_Ubuntu_20.04.yml
@@ -12,3 +12,5 @@ required_packages:
  - qemu-system-data
  - pkg-config
  - libvirt-dev
+ - ebtables
+ - dnsmasq