diff --git a/manifests/params.pp b/manifests/params.pp
index 9c3bed182..4d85b1fcf 100644
--- a/manifests/params.pp
+++ b/manifests/params.pp
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 # should be considered to be constant
 class nova::params {
   include openstacklib::defaults
-  $pyvers = $::openstacklib::defaults::pyvers
-  $client_package = "python${pyvers}-novaclient"
+
+  $client_package = 'python3-novaclient'
   $group          = 'nova'
 
   case $::osfamily {
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ class nova::params {
       # package names
       $api_package_name                  = 'openstack-nova-api'
       $common_package_name               = 'openstack-nova-common'
-      $python_package_name               = "python${pyvers}-nova"
+      $python_package_name               = 'python3-nova'
       $compute_package_name              = 'openstack-nova-compute'
       $conductor_package_name            = 'openstack-nova-conductor'
-      $novajoin_package_name             = "python${pyvers}-novajoin"
+      $novajoin_package_name             = 'python3-novajoin'
       $doc_package_name                  = 'openstack-nova-doc'
       $libvirt_package_name              = 'libvirt'
       $libvirt_guests_package_name       = 'libvirt-client'
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ class nova::params {
       # package names
       $api_package_name                  = 'nova-api'
       $common_package_name               = 'nova-common'
-      $python_package_name               = "python${pyvers}-nova"
+      $python_package_name               = 'python3-nova'
       $compute_package_name              = 'nova-compute'
       $conductor_package_name            = 'nova-conductor'
       $novajoin_package_name             = undef
diff --git a/spec/classes/nova_client_spec.rb b/spec/classes/nova_client_spec.rb
index 66862ecb0..a714dce18 100644
--- a/spec/classes/nova_client_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/nova_client_spec.rb
@@ -29,15 +29,7 @@ describe 'nova::client' do
         when 'Debian'
           { :client_package_name => 'python3-novaclient' }
         when 'RedHat'
-          if facts[:operatingsystem] == 'Fedora'
-            { :client_package_name => 'python3-novaclient' }
-          else
-            if facts[:operatingsystemmajrelease] > '7'
-              { :client_package_name => 'python3-novaclient' }
-            else
-              { :client_package_name => 'python-novaclient' }
-            end
-          end
+          { :client_package_name => 'python3-novaclient' }
         end
       end
 
diff --git a/spec/classes/nova_metadata_novajoin_api_spec.rb b/spec/classes/nova_metadata_novajoin_api_spec.rb
index f272051f3..5aa6dcf43 100644
--- a/spec/classes/nova_metadata_novajoin_api_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/nova_metadata_novajoin_api_spec.rb
@@ -206,15 +206,7 @@ describe 'nova::metadata::novajoin::api' do
         it_behaves_like 'nova::metadata::novajoin::api'
         it_behaves_like 'nova::metadata::novajoin::api on RedHat'
         let (:platform_params) do
-          if facts[:operatingsystem] == 'Fedora'
-            { :novajoin_package_name => 'python3-novajoin' }
-          else
-            if facts[:operatingsystemmajrelease] > '7'
-              { :novajoin_package_name => 'python3-novajoin' }
-            else
-              { :novajoin_package_name => 'python-novajoin' }
-            end
-          end
+          { :novajoin_package_name => 'python3-novajoin' }
         end
       end
     end