diff --git a/vars/redhat-7.yml b/vars/redhat-7.yml
index fb1c112d..5bec4c90 100644
--- a/vars/redhat-7.yml
+++ b/vars/redhat-7.yml
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ nova_compute_kvm_distro_packages:
   - libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu
   - libvirt-client
   - qemu-kvm-ev
-  - libvirt-devel
   - libvirt-python
   - nfs-utils
   - python-libguestfs
diff --git a/vars/suse.yml b/vars/suse.yml
index 2332a69a..61ea98f2 100644
--- a/vars/suse.yml
+++ b/vars/suse.yml
@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@ nova_compute_kvm_distro_packages:
   - qemu-block-iscsi
   - qemu-block-rbd
   - qemu-block-ssh
-  - libvirt-devel
   - libvirt-python
   - nfs-utils
   - python-libguestfs