diff --git a/manifests/params.pp b/manifests/params.pp
index 18bee775..abd2286f 100644
--- a/manifests/params.pp
+++ b/manifests/params.pp
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 # should be considered to be constant
 class horizon::params {
   include openstacklib::defaults
-  $pyvers = $::openstacklib::defaults::pyvers
 
   $logdir                 = '/var/log/horizon'
   $django_wsgi            = '/usr/share/openstack-dashboard/openstack_dashboard/wsgi.py'
@@ -23,7 +22,7 @@ class horizon::params {
       $apache_group                = 'apache'
       $wsgi_user                   = 'apache'
       $wsgi_group                  = 'apache'
-      $memcache_package            = "python${pyvers}-memcached"
+      $memcache_package            = 'python3-memcached'
     }
     'Debian': {
       $http_service                = 'apache2'
@@ -35,7 +34,7 @@ class horizon::params {
       $apache_group                = 'www-data'
       $wsgi_user                   = 'horizon'
       $wsgi_group                  = 'horizon'
-      $memcache_package            = "python${pyvers}-memcache"
+      $memcache_package            = 'python3-memcache'
       case $::os_package_type {
         'debian': {
             $package_name          = 'openstack-dashboard-apache'
diff --git a/spec/classes/horizon_init_spec.rb b/spec/classes/horizon_init_spec.rb
index 9fae3c61..24286a78 100644
--- a/spec/classes/horizon_init_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/horizon_init_spec.rb
@@ -781,30 +781,12 @@ describe 'horizon' do
             }
           end
         when 'RedHat'
-          if facts[:operatingsystem] == 'Fedora'
-            { :config_file      => '/etc/openstack-dashboard/local_settings',
-              :package_name     => 'openstack-dashboard',
-              :root_url         => '/dashboard',
-              :root_path        => '/usr/share/openstack-dashboard',
-              :memcache_package => 'python3-memcached',
-            }
-          else
-            if facts[:operatingsystemmajrelease] > '7'
-              { :config_file      => '/etc/openstack-dashboard/local_settings',
-                :package_name     => 'openstack-dashboard',
-                :root_url         => '/dashboard',
-                :root_path        => '/usr/share/openstack-dashboard',
-                :memcache_package => 'python3-memcached',
-              }
-            else
-              { :config_file      => '/etc/openstack-dashboard/local_settings',
-                :package_name     => 'openstack-dashboard',
-                :root_url         => '/dashboard',
-                :root_path        => '/usr/share/openstack-dashboard',
-                :memcache_package => 'python-memcached',
-              }
-            end
-          end
+          { :config_file      => '/etc/openstack-dashboard/local_settings',
+            :package_name     => 'openstack-dashboard',
+            :root_url         => '/dashboard',
+            :root_path        => '/usr/share/openstack-dashboard',
+            :memcache_package => 'python3-memcached',
+          }
         end
       end