diff --git a/elements/ironic-conductor/install.d/68-ironic-conductor-common b/elements/ironic-conductor/install.d/68-ironic-conductor-common
deleted file mode 100755
index afc1d2c8f..000000000
--- a/elements/ironic-conductor/install.d/68-ironic-conductor-common
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-set -eux
-set -o pipefail
-
-# ensure we have tftp and pxe requirements
-install-packages syslinux tftpd-hpa xinetd parted psmisc
diff --git a/elements/ironic-conductor/package-installs b/elements/ironic-conductor/package-installs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3df039265
--- /dev/null
+++ b/elements/ironic-conductor/package-installs
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+syslinux:
+tftpd-hpa:
+xinetd:
+parted:
+psmisc:
diff --git a/elements/openvswitch/element-deps b/elements/openvswitch/element-deps
index 2167c86fb..29e4e2426 100644
--- a/elements/openvswitch/element-deps
+++ b/elements/openvswitch/element-deps
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 os-svc-install
+package-installs
diff --git a/elements/openvswitch/install.d/74-openvswitch b/elements/openvswitch/install.d/74-openvswitch
index 77b557c7d..90924749b 100755
--- a/elements/openvswitch/install.d/74-openvswitch
+++ b/elements/openvswitch/install.d/74-openvswitch
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -eux
 
-install-packages -m openvswitch openvswitch-switch_package
-
 if [ "$DIB_INIT_SYSTEM" == "systemd" ] ; then
     os-svc-enable -n openvswitch-switch
 fi
diff --git a/elements/openvswitch/package-installs b/elements/openvswitch/package-installs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d85e1c9c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/elements/openvswitch/package-installs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+openvswitch-switch_package: