diff --git a/tasks/memcached_install.yml b/tasks/memcached_install.yml
index c9a8538..9777705 100644
--- a/tasks/memcached_install.yml
+++ b/tasks/memcached_install.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 - name: Install distro packages
   package:
-    name: "{{ memcached_package_list }}"
+    name: "{{ memcached_distro_packages }}"
     state: "{{ memcached_package_state }}"
     update_cache: "{{ (ansible_pkg_mgr == 'apt') | ternary('yes', omit) }}"
     cache_valid_time: "{{ (ansible_pkg_mgr == 'apt') | ternary(cache_timeout, omit) }}"
diff --git a/vars/debian.yml b/vars/debian.yml
index 6cc4a26..422e7bb 100644
--- a/vars/debian.yml
+++ b/vars/debian.yml
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ memcached_user: memcache
 
 memcached_distro_packages:
   - memcached
-
-memcached_test_distro_packages:
   - netcat
 
 memcached_conf_template: memcached.conf.debian.j2
diff --git a/vars/main.yml b/vars/main.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 79f8a89..0000000
--- a/vars/main.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
----
-# Copyright 2017, Rackspace US, Inc.
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-#
-# Compile a list of the distro packages to install based on
-# whether the host is in the host group and the service is
-# enabled.
-#
-memcached_package_list: |-
-  {% set packages = memcached_distro_packages %}
-  {% if install_test_packages | bool %}
-  {%   set _ = packages.extend(memcached_test_distro_packages) %}
-  {% endif %}
-  {{ packages }}
diff --git a/vars/redhat.yml b/vars/redhat.yml
index be2d55d..39edb4b 100644
--- a/vars/redhat.yml
+++ b/vars/redhat.yml
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ memcached_user: memcached
 
 memcached_distro_packages:
   - memcached
-
-memcached_test_distro_packages:
   - nc
 
 memcached_conf_template: memcached.redhat.j2
diff --git a/vars/suse.yml b/vars/suse.yml
index 689dded..b8ffd86 100644
--- a/vars/suse.yml
+++ b/vars/suse.yml
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ memcached_user: memcached
 
 memcached_distro_packages:
   - memcached
-
-memcached_test_distro_packages:
   - netcat-openbsd
 
 memcached_conf_template: memcached.suse.j2