diff --git a/openstack_releases/npmutils.py b/openstack_releases/npmutils.py
index 701345ae8e..4f38426510 100644
--- a/openstack_releases/npmutils.py
+++ b/openstack_releases/npmutils.py
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ import os.path
 
 def looks_like_a_module(workdir, repo):
     "Does the directory look like it contains an npm module?"
-    if os.path.exists(os.path.join(workdir, repo, 'setup.py')):
-        return False
     return os.path.exists(os.path.join(workdir, repo, 'package.json'))
 
 
diff --git a/openstack_releases/puppetutils.py b/openstack_releases/puppetutils.py
index f9957e7ca0..a319e83bf0 100644
--- a/openstack_releases/puppetutils.py
+++ b/openstack_releases/puppetutils.py
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ import os.path
 
 def looks_like_a_module(workdir, repo):
     "Does the directory look like it contains a puppet module?"
-    if os.path.exists(os.path.join(workdir, repo, 'setup.py')):
-        return False
     if not os.path.exists(os.path.join(workdir, repo, 'metadata.json')):
         return False
     return any([
diff --git a/openstack_releases/tests/test_npmutils.py b/openstack_releases/tests/test_npmutils.py
index 1bb74c0459..07f50c4b23 100644
--- a/openstack_releases/tests/test_npmutils.py
+++ b/openstack_releases/tests/test_npmutils.py
@@ -48,19 +48,6 @@ class TestModuleDetection(base.BaseTestCase):
                 '.', 'openstack/monasca-kibana-plugin')
         self.assertTrue(is_mod)
 
-    def test_actually_python(self):
-
-        def exists(name):
-            if name.endswith('package.json'):
-                return True
-            if name.endswith('setup.py'):
-                return True
-
-        with mock.patch('os.path.exists', exists):
-            is_mod = npmutils.looks_like_a_module(
-                '.', 'openstack/monasca-kibana-plugin')
-        self.assertFalse(is_mod)
-
 
 class TestGetMetadata(base.BaseTestCase):
 
diff --git a/openstack_releases/tests/test_puppetutils.py b/openstack_releases/tests/test_puppetutils.py
index 11d58d30db..78a9b76ced 100644
--- a/openstack_releases/tests/test_puppetutils.py
+++ b/openstack_releases/tests/test_puppetutils.py
@@ -77,22 +77,6 @@ class TestModuleDetection(base.BaseTestCase):
                 '.', 'openstack/puppet-watcher')
         self.assertTrue(is_mod)
 
-    def test_actually_python(self):
-
-        def exists(name):
-            if name.endswith('setup.py'):
-                return True
-            if name.endswith('metadata.json'):
-                return True
-            if name.endswith('manifests'):
-                return True
-            return False
-
-        with mock.patch('os.path.exists', exists):
-            is_mod = puppetutils.looks_like_a_module(
-                '.', 'openstack/puppet-watcher')
-        self.assertFalse(is_mod)
-
 
 class TestGetMetadata(base.BaseTestCase):