diff --git a/manifests/ldap.pp b/manifests/ldap.pp
index 355487b43..11620bfad 100644
--- a/manifests/ldap.pp
+++ b/manifests/ldap.pp
@@ -473,8 +473,7 @@ class keystone::ldap(
   include ::keystone::deps
 
   if $manage_packages {
-    $ldap_packages = ['python-ldap', 'python-ldappool']
-    ensure_resource('package', $ldap_packages, { ensure => $package_ensure,
+    ensure_resource('package', 'python-ldappool', { ensure => $package_ensure,
       tag => 'keystone-package' })
   }
 
diff --git a/manifests/ldap_backend.pp b/manifests/ldap_backend.pp
index 9314b9320..7811f5629 100644
--- a/manifests/ldap_backend.pp
+++ b/manifests/ldap_backend.pp
@@ -500,8 +500,7 @@ and \"${domain_dir_enabled}\" for identity/domain_config_dir"
   $domain = $name
 
   if $manage_packages {
-    $ldap_packages = ['python-ldap', 'python-ldappool']
-    ensure_resource('package', $ldap_packages, {
+    ensure_resource('package', 'python-ldappool', {
       ensure  => $package_ensure,
       tag => ['openstack', 'keystone-package'],
     })
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/fix_ldap_packages-3dd59f5bfa5a5bc0.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/fix_ldap_packages-3dd59f5bfa5a5bc0.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..24521f9e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/fix_ldap_packages-3dd59f5bfa5a5bc0.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - issue with python-ldappool and python-ldap uninstalling each other each run.
diff --git a/spec/classes/keystone_ldap_spec.rb b/spec/classes/keystone_ldap_spec.rb
index 4d15d4ae7..7b6639c4d 100644
--- a/spec/classes/keystone_ldap_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/keystone_ldap_spec.rb
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ describe 'keystone::ldap' do
         :auth_pool_connection_lifetime        => 200,
       }
     end
-    it { is_expected.to contain_package('python-ldap') }
     it { is_expected.to contain_package('python-ldappool') }
     it 'should have basic params' do
       # basic params
@@ -180,7 +179,6 @@ describe 'keystone::ldap' do
     let :params do
       { :manage_packages => false }
     end
-      it { is_expected.to_not contain_package('python-ldap') }
       it { is_expected.to_not contain_package('python-ldappool') }
   end
 
diff --git a/spec/defines/keystone_ldap_backend_spec.rb b/spec/defines/keystone_ldap_backend_spec.rb
index b2c466286..7c08ea17d 100644
--- a/spec/defines/keystone_ldap_backend_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/defines/keystone_ldap_backend_spec.rb
@@ -100,7 +100,6 @@ describe 'keystone::ldap_backend' do
           :auth_pool_connection_lifetime => 200,
         }
       end
-      it { is_expected.to contain_package('python-ldap') }
       it { is_expected.to contain_package('python-ldappool') }
       it 'should have basic params' do
         # basic params