diff --git a/files/debs/general b/files/debs/general
index 7e481b4072..364f3cc6e2 100644
--- a/files/debs/general
+++ b/files/debs/general
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ iputils-ping
 libapache2-mod-proxy-uwsgi
 libffi-dev # for pyOpenSSL
 libjpeg-dev # Pillow 3.0.0
-libmysqlclient-dev  # MySQL-python
 libpcre3-dev # for python-pcre
 libpq-dev  # psycopg2
 libssl-dev # for pyOpenSSL
diff --git a/files/debs/neutron-common b/files/debs/neutron-common
index e548396cd7..f6afc5bf55 100644
--- a/files/debs/neutron-common
+++ b/files/debs/neutron-common
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ haproxy # to serve as metadata proxy inside router/dhcp namespaces
 iptables
 iputils-arping
 iputils-ping
-libmysqlclient-dev
 mysql-server #NOPRIME
 postgresql-server-dev-all
 python3-mysqldb
diff --git a/files/debs/nova b/files/debs/nova
index e19441453b..0194f00f2c 100644
--- a/files/debs/nova
+++ b/files/debs/nova
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ iptables
 iputils-arping
 kpartx
 libjs-jquery-tablesorter # Needed for coverage html reports
-libmysqlclient-dev
 libvirt-clients # NOPRIME
 libvirt-daemon-system # NOPRIME
 libvirt-dev # NOPRIME