diff --git a/tasks/nova_virt_detect.yml b/tasks/nova_virt_detect.yml
index 88838774..3d20be88 100644
--- a/tasks/nova_virt_detect.yml
+++ b/tasks/nova_virt_detect.yml
@@ -50,3 +50,9 @@
     nova_virt_type: "qemu"
   when:
     - nova_virt_type is not defined
+
+- name: Remove lib linking for kvm with ironic
+  set_fact:
+    nova_compute_kvm_packages_to_symlink: []
+  when:
+    - nova_virt_type == 'ironic'