diff --git a/vars/distro_install.yml b/vars/distro_install.yml
index 7a9dc071..f6e62c1f 100644
--- a/vars/distro_install.yml
+++ b/vars/distro_install.yml
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ nova_package_list: |-
   {%   if nova_console_type == 'spice' %}
   {%     set _ = packages.extend(nova_service_extra_distro_packages['spice']) %}
   {%   endif %}
+  {%   if nova_console_type == 'serialconsole' %}
+  {%     set _ = packages.extend(nova_service_extra_distro_packages['serialconsole']) %}
+  {%   endif %}
   {% endif %}
   {% if nova_services['nova-compute']['group'] in group_names %}
   {%   if nova_virt_type in ['kvm', 'qemu'] %}
diff --git a/vars/redhat-7.yml b/vars/redhat-7.yml
index 32e3411e..1545f188 100644
--- a/vars/redhat-7.yml
+++ b/vars/redhat-7.yml
@@ -32,18 +32,11 @@ nova_devel_distro_packages:
   - which
 
 nova_service_distro_packages:
-  - openstack-nova
   - openstack-nova-api
-  - openstack-nova-cells
-  - openstack-nova-compute
   - openstack-nova-conductor
   - openstack-nova-console
-  - openstack-nova-migration
-  - openstack-nova-network
-  - openstack-nova-novncproxy
   - openstack-nova-placement-api
   - openstack-nova-scheduler
-  - openstack-nova-serialproxy
   - python-memcached
   - python-novaclient
   - python2-PyMySQL
@@ -51,12 +44,16 @@ nova_service_distro_packages:
   - uwsgi-plugin-python
 
 nova_service_extra_distro_packages:
-  kvm: []
+  kvm:
+    - openstack-nova-compute
+    - openstack-nova-migration
   lxd: []
   novnc:
     - openstack-nova-novncproxy
   spice:
     - openstack-nova-spicehtml5proxy
+  serialconsole:
+    - openstack-nova-serialproxy
 
 nova_novnc_distro_packages:
   - js-jquery
diff --git a/vars/suse.yml b/vars/suse.yml
index 8546471d..ac523ee6 100644
--- a/vars/suse.yml
+++ b/vars/suse.yml
@@ -33,19 +33,11 @@ nova_devel_distro_packages:
   - which
 
 nova_service_distro_packages:
-  - openstack-nova
   - openstack-nova-api
-  - openstack-nova-cells
-  - openstack-nova-compute
   - openstack-nova-conductor
-  - openstack-nova-console
   - openstack-nova-consoleauth
-  - openstack-nova-network
-  - openstack-nova-novncproxy
   - openstack-nova-placement-api
   - openstack-nova-scheduler
-  - openstack-nova-serialproxy
-  - openstack-nova-vncproxy
   - python-memcached
   - python-novaclient
   - python-PyMySQL
@@ -53,11 +45,14 @@ nova_service_distro_packages:
   - uwsgi-python
 
 nova_service_extra_distro_packages:
-  kvm: []
+  kvm:
+    - openstack-nova-compute
   lxd: []
   novnc:
     - openstack-nova-novncproxy
   spice: []
+  serialconsole:
+    - openstack-nova-serialproxy
 
 nova_novnc_distro_packages:
   - python-websockify
diff --git a/vars/ubuntu.yml b/vars/ubuntu.yml
index bbc12ed6..b969e6e9 100644
--- a/vars/ubuntu.yml
+++ b/vars/ubuntu.yml
@@ -33,16 +33,10 @@ nova_devel_distro_packages:
 
 nova_service_distro_packages:
   - nova-api
-  - nova-cells
   - nova-conductor
-  - nova-console
   - nova-consoleauth
-  - nova-network
-  - nova-novncproxy
   - nova-placement-api
   - nova-scheduler
-  - nova-serialproxy
-  - nova-volume
   - python-memcache
   - python-novaclient
   - python-pymysql
@@ -59,6 +53,8 @@ nova_service_extra_distro_packages:
     - nova-novncproxy
   spice:
     - nova-spiceproxy
+  serialconsole:
+    - openstack-nova-serialproxy
 
 nova_novnc_distro_packages:
   - libjs-jquery