diff --git a/vars/redhat-7.yml b/vars/redhat-7.yml
index cdbc4ff..fdd3758 100644
--- a/vars/redhat-7.yml
+++ b/vars/redhat-7.yml
@@ -27,10 +27,8 @@ galera_client_distro_remove_packages:
   - mariadb-common
   - mariadb-config
 
-# MariaDB-devel is required for mysql_config, which is subsequently required for pip install of MySQL-python
 galera_client_distro_packages:
   - MariaDB-client
-  - MariaDB-devel
 
 # Galera GPG Keys
 _galera_client_gpg_keys:
diff --git a/vars/suse.yml b/vars/suse.yml
index a2b28c8..c95ca59 100644
--- a/vars/suse.yml
+++ b/vars/suse.yml
@@ -20,10 +20,8 @@ _galera_client_repo:
   description: "MariaDB Repo"
   baseurl: "{{ galera_client_repo_url }}"
 
-# MariaDB-devel is required for mysql_config, which is subsequently required for pip install of MySQL-python
 galera_client_distro_packages:
   - MariaDB-client
-  - MariaDB-devel
 
 # Galera GPG Keys
 _galera_client_gpg_keys:
diff --git a/vars/ubuntu.yml b/vars/ubuntu.yml
index ea0d9eb..0d127fb 100644
--- a/vars/ubuntu.yml
+++ b/vars/ubuntu.yml
@@ -17,10 +17,8 @@
 _galera_client_repo_url: "http://{{ galera_repo_host }}/MariaDB/mariadb-{{ galera_client_major_version }}.{{ galera_client_minor_version }}/repo/ubuntu"
 _galera_client_repo: "deb {{ galera_client_repo_url }} {{ ansible_distribution_release }} main"
 
-# libmariadbclient-dev is required for mysql_config, which is subsequently required for pip install of MySQL-python
 galera_client_distro_packages:
   - "mariadb-client-core-{{ galera_client_major_version }}"
-  - libmariadb-dev
 
 # Galera GPG Keys
 _galera_client_gpg_keys: