diff --git a/elements/centos-minimal/element-deps b/elements/centos-minimal/element-deps
index 4f21b6a06..7e58162fc 100644
--- a/elements/centos-minimal/element-deps
+++ b/elements/centos-minimal/element-deps
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
-epel
 yum-minimal
 
diff --git a/elements/centos/element-deps b/elements/centos/element-deps
index aad5a273e..57b194ac3 100644
--- a/elements/centos/element-deps
+++ b/elements/centos/element-deps
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 cache-url
 dib-run-parts
-epel
 redhat-common
 rpm-distro
 yum
diff --git a/elements/centos7/element-deps b/elements/centos7/element-deps
index 1776d4a8f..c6e5925f9 100644
--- a/elements/centos7/element-deps
+++ b/elements/centos7/element-deps
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 cache-url
 dib-run-parts
-epel
 redhat-common
 rpm-distro
 source-repositories