diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 91d7ba0..79d8e65 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -275,12 +275,6 @@ monasca_agent_plugins:
   - name: "ntp"
     where: "hosts"
 
-## Monasca-agent packages that must be installed before anything else
-monasca_agent_requires_pip_packages:
-  - virtualenv
-  - python-keystoneclient
-  - httplib2
-
 monasca_agent_pip_packages:
   - keystoneauth1
   - libvirt-python
diff --git a/tasks/monasca_agent_install.yml b/tasks/monasca_agent_install.yml
index feee4f1..856381e 100644
--- a/tasks/monasca_agent_install.yml
+++ b/tasks/monasca_agent_install.yml
@@ -32,18 +32,6 @@
   when:
     - monasca_agent_developer_mode | bool
 
-- name: Install requires pip packages
-  pip:
-    name: "{{ monasca_agent_requires_pip_packages }}"
-    state: "{{ monasca_agent_pip_package_state }}"
-    extra_args: >-
-      {{ (pip_install_upper_constraints is defined) | ternary('--constraint ' + pip_install_upper_constraints | default(''),'') }}
-      {{ pip_install_options | default('') }}
-  register: install_packages
-  until: install_packages is success
-  retries: 5
-  delay: 2
-
 - name: Retrieve checksum for venv download
   uri:
     url: "{{ monasca_agent_venv_download_url | replace('tgz', 'checksum') }}"