diff --git a/tripleoclient/tests/v1/overcloud_image/test_overcloud_image.py b/tripleoclient/tests/v1/overcloud_image/test_overcloud_image.py
index cbc59d6a1..e8c5af2f1 100644
--- a/tripleoclient/tests/v1/overcloud_image/test_overcloud_image.py
+++ b/tripleoclient/tests/v1/overcloud_image/test_overcloud_image.py
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ class TestOvercloudImageBuild(TestPluginV1):
         self.mock_disk_image_create.assert_called_once_with(
             "-a amd64 -o "
             "overcloud-full.qcow2 rhel7 overcloud-full overcloud-controller "
-            "overcloud-compute overcloud-ceph-storage sysctl hosts "
+            "overcloud-compute overcloud-ceph-storage hosts "
             "baremetal dhcp-all-interfaces os-collect-config "
             "heat-config-puppet heat-config-script puppet-modules hiera "
             "os-net-config stable-interface-names grub2 "
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ class TestOvercloudImageBuild(TestPluginV1):
         self.mock_disk_image_create.assert_called_once_with(
             "-a amd64 -o "
             "overcloud-full.qcow2 rhel7 overcloud-full overcloud-controller "
-            "overcloud-compute overcloud-ceph-storage sysctl hosts "
+            "overcloud-compute overcloud-ceph-storage hosts "
             "baremetal dhcp-all-interfaces os-collect-config "
             "heat-config-puppet heat-config-script puppet-modules hiera "
             "os-net-config stable-interface-names grub2 "
diff --git a/tripleoclient/v1/overcloud_image.py b/tripleoclient/v1/overcloud_image.py
index 7cfc512f9..f5a49ec3c 100644
--- a/tripleoclient/v1/overcloud_image.py
+++ b/tripleoclient/v1/overcloud_image.py
@@ -170,7 +170,6 @@ class BuildOvercloudImage(command.Command):
     TRIPLEOPUPPETELEMENTS = "/usr/share/tripleo-puppet-elements"
     INSTACKUNDERCLOUDELEMENTS = "/usr/share/instack-undercloud"
     PUPPET_COMMON_ELEMENTS = [
-        'sysctl',
         'hosts',
         'baremetal',
         'dhcp-all-interfaces',