diff --git a/playbooks/roles/os_neutron/defaults/main.yml b/playbooks/roles/os_neutron/defaults/main.yml
index f6bd904faf..a5e109575d 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/os_neutron/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/os_neutron/defaults/main.yml
@@ -216,7 +216,6 @@ neutron_rpc_backend: rabbit
 #  "get_subnet": "rule:admin_or_owner or rule:shared"
 
 neutron_apt_packages:
-  - conntrackd
   - conntrack
   - dnsmasq-base
   - dnsmasq-utils
@@ -225,6 +224,9 @@ neutron_apt_packages:
   - keepalived
   - libpq-dev
 
+neutron_apt_remove_packages:
+  - conntrackd
+
 neutron_pip_packages:
   - configobj
   - cliff
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/os_neutron/tasks/neutron_install.yml b/playbooks/roles/os_neutron/tasks/neutron_install.yml
index b80e023374..760899b28d 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/os_neutron/tasks/neutron_install.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/os_neutron/tasks/neutron_install.yml
@@ -36,6 +36,18 @@
   tags:
     - neutron-apt-packages
 
+- name: remove specific apt packages
+  apt:
+    pkg: "{{ item }}"
+    state: absent
+  register: remove_packages
+  until: remove_packages|success
+  retries: 5
+  delay: 2
+  with_items: neutron_apt_remove_packages
+  tags:
+    - neutron-apt-packages
+
 - name: Install pip packages
   pip:
     name: "{{ item }}"