diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 8244161..ff8fe5d 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -157,12 +157,6 @@ tacker_heat_stack_retry_wait: 5
 # heat service paramter for tacker.conf
 heat_service_adminurl: "{{ tacker_service_publicuri_proto }}://{{ external_lb_vip_address }}:8004/v1"
 
-# This variable is used by the repo_build process to determine
-# which host group to check for members of before building the
-# pip packages required by this role. The value is picked up
-# by the py_pkgs lookup.
-tacker_role_project_group: tacker_all
-
 ## Tunable overrides
 tacker_tacker_conf_overrides: {}
 tacker_api_paste_ini_overrides: {}
diff --git a/tests/ansible-role-requirements.yml b/tests/ansible-role-requirements.yml
index 0c37318..aa8405b 100644
--- a/tests/ansible-role-requirements.yml
+++ b/tests/ansible-role-requirements.yml
@@ -3,10 +3,6 @@
   src: https://opendev.org/openstack/openstack-ansible-apt_package_pinning
   scm: git
   version: master
-- name: pip_install
-  src: https://opendev.org/openstack/openstack-ansible-pip_install
-  scm: git
-  version: master
 - name: memcached_server
   src: https://opendev.org/openstack/openstack-ansible-memcached_server
   scm: git