diff --git a/devstack/plugin.sh b/devstack/plugin.sh
index 76ecaa7f50..4fdb40e1d9 100644
--- a/devstack/plugin.sh
+++ b/devstack/plugin.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ function octavia_install {
     setup_develop $OCTAVIA_DIR
     if [ $OCTAVIA_NODE == 'main' ] || [ $OCTAVIA_NODE == 'standalone' ] ; then
         if ! [ "$DISABLE_AMP_IMAGE_BUILD" == 'True' ]; then
-            install_package kpartx
             if [[ ${DISTRO} =~ "rhel7" ]]; then
                 # Installing qemu would bring in the default OS qemu package,
                 # which is too old for Pike and later releases
diff --git a/diskimage-create/README.rst b/diskimage-create/README.rst
index 5be47a4055..1f694a1219 100644
--- a/diskimage-create/README.rst
+++ b/diskimage-create/README.rst
@@ -27,14 +27,8 @@ or it can be overridden by setting the following environment variables:
  | DIB_ELEMENTS = /<some directory>/diskimage-builder/elements
 
 The following packages are required on each platform:
-Ubuntu and Fedora: qemu kpartx git
-CentOS and RedHat Enterprise Linux: qemu-kvm qemu-img kpartx git
-CentOS requires the EPEL repo and python-argparse:
-
-.. code:: bash
-
-    $ sudo rpm -Uvh --force http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora-epel/6/i386/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm
-    $ yum install python-argparse
+Ubuntu: qemu git
+Fedora, CentOS and RedHat Enterprise Linux: qemu-img git
 
 Test Prerequisites
 ------------------
diff --git a/diskimage-create/diskimage-create.sh b/diskimage-create/diskimage-create.sh
index e3bbdd260a..156d807f85 100755
--- a/diskimage-create/diskimage-create.sh
+++ b/diskimage-create/diskimage-create.sh
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ fi
 
 # Make sure we have the required packages installed
 if [ "$platform" = 'NAME="Ubuntu"' ]; then
-    PKG_LIST="qemu kpartx git"
+    PKG_LIST="qemu git"
     for pkg in $PKG_LIST; do
         if ! dpkg --get-selections | grep -q "^$pkg[[:space:]]*install$" >/dev/null; then
             echo "Required package " $pkg " is not installed.  Exiting."
@@ -255,43 +255,17 @@ if [ "$platform" = 'NAME="Ubuntu"' ]; then
             exit 1
     fi
 
-elif [ "$platform" = 'NAME=Fedora' ]; then
-    PKG_LIST="qemu kpartx git"
+else
+    # fedora/centos/rhel
+    # Actual qemu-img name may be qemu-img, qemu-img-ev, qemu-img-rhev, ...
+    # "yum install qemu-img" works for all, but search requires wildcard
+    PKG_LIST="qemu-img* git"
     for pkg in $PKG_LIST; do
         if ! yum info installed $pkg &> /dev/null; then
-            echo "Required package " $pkg " is not installed.  Exiting."
+            echo "Required package " ${pkg/\*} " is not installed.  Exiting."
             exit 1
         fi
     done
-else
-    # centos or rhel
-        PKG_LIST="qemu-kvm qemu-img"
-        for pkg in $PKG_LIST; do
-            # Actual name may be qemu-img, qemu-img-ev, qemu-img-rhev, ...
-            # "yum install qemu-img" works for all, but search requires wildcard
-            if ! yum info installed ${pkg}* &> /dev/null; then
-                echo "Required package " $pkg " is not installed.  Exiting."
-                exit 1
-            fi
-        done
-        PKG_LIST="kpartx git"
-        for pkg in $PKG_LIST; do
-            if ! yum info installed $pkg &> /dev/null; then
-                echo "Required package " $pkg " is not installed.  Exiting."
-                exit 1
-            fi
-        done
-
-        if [ ${platform:0:6} = "CentOS" ]; then
-            # install EPEL repo, in order to install argparse
-            PKG_LIST="python-argparse"
-            if ! yum info installed $pkg &> /dev/null; then
-                echo "CentOS requires the python-argparse package be "
-                echo "installed separately from the EPEL repo."
-                echo "Required package " $pkg " is not installed.  Exiting."
-                exit 1
-            fi
-        fi
 fi
 
 if  [ "$AMP_WORKING_DIR" ]; then
@@ -319,7 +293,7 @@ elif [ "$AMP_BASEOS" = "fedora" ]; then
         export FEDORA_MIRROR="$BASE_OS_MIRROR"
     fi
 elif [ "$AMP_BASEOS" = "centos" ]; then
-    AMP_element_sequence=${AMP_element_sequence:-"base vm centos7 epel selinux-permissive"}
+    AMP_element_sequence=${AMP_element_sequence:-"base vm centos7 selinux-permissive"}
     AMP_element_sequence="$AMP_element_sequence $AMP_BACKEND"
     if [ "$BASE_OS_MIRROR" ]; then
         AMP_element_sequence="$AMP_element_sequence centos-mirror"