diff --git a/manifests/params.pp b/manifests/params.pp
index 7d0434ae7..30399abb7 100644
--- a/manifests/params.pp
+++ b/manifests/params.pp
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ class nova::params {
       $libvirt_daemon_package_prefix = 'libvirt-daemon-'
       $libvirt_nwfilter_package_name = 'libvirt-daemon-config-nwfilter'
       $network_package_name          = 'openstack-nova-network'
-      $numpy_package_name            = 'numpy'
       $objectstore_package_name      = 'openstack-nova-objectstore'
       $scheduler_package_name        = 'openstack-nova-scheduler'
       $tgt_package_name              = 'scsi-target-utils'
@@ -84,7 +83,6 @@ class nova::params {
       $doc_package_name             = 'nova-doc'
       $libvirt_package_name         = 'libvirt-bin'
       $network_package_name         = 'nova-network'
-      $numpy_package_name           = 'python-numpy'
       $objectstore_package_name     = 'nova-objectstore'
       $scheduler_package_name       = 'nova-scheduler'
       $tgt_package_name             = 'tgt'
diff --git a/manifests/vncproxy.pp b/manifests/vncproxy.pp
index 616a890b0..096836da7 100644
--- a/manifests/vncproxy.pp
+++ b/manifests/vncproxy.pp
@@ -55,20 +55,12 @@ class nova::vncproxy(
 
   include ::nova::vncproxy::common
 
-  if ! defined(Package['python-numpy']) {
-    package { 'python-numpy':
-      ensure => present,
-      name   => $::nova::params::numpy_package_name,
-      tag    => ['openstack', 'nova-support-package'],
-    }
-  }
   nova::generic_service { 'vncproxy':
     enabled        => $enabled,
     manage_service => $manage_service,
     package_name   => $::nova::params::vncproxy_package_name,
     service_name   => $::nova::params::vncproxy_service_name,
     ensure_package => $ensure_package,
-    require        => Package['python-numpy']
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/stop-installing-numpy-01d4f2256e822f1c.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/stop-installing-numpy-01d4f2256e822f1c.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ce50e1b5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/stop-installing-numpy-01d4f2256e822f1c.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+other:
+  - Stop installing python-numpy for vncproxy. In the context of noVNC,
+    numpy adds little performance according to websockify maintainer.
diff --git a/spec/classes/nova_vnc_proxy_spec.rb b/spec/classes/nova_vnc_proxy_spec.rb
index 0bbb5f8df..c8fc71148 100644
--- a/spec/classes/nova_vnc_proxy_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/nova_vnc_proxy_spec.rb
@@ -13,11 +13,6 @@ describe 'nova::vncproxy' do
           @default_facts.merge({ :osfamily => 'Debian' })
       end
 
-      it { is_expected.to contain_package('python-numpy').with(
-        :ensure => 'present',
-        :name   => 'python-numpy'
-      )}
-
       it { is_expected.to contain_nova_config('vnc/novncproxy_host').with(:value => '0.0.0.0') }
       it { is_expected.to contain_nova_config('vnc/novncproxy_port').with(:value => '6080') }
       it { is_expected.to contain_nova_config('vnc/novncproxy_base_url').with(:value => 'http://0.0.0.0:6080/vnc_auto.html') }
@@ -96,11 +91,6 @@ describe 'nova::vncproxy' do
       @default_facts.merge({ :osfamily => 'Redhat' })
     end
 
-    it { is_expected.to contain_package('python-numpy').with(
-      :name   => 'numpy',
-      :ensure => 'present'
-    )}
-
     it { is_expected.to compile.with_all_deps }
 
   end