diff --git a/elements/overcloud-compute/install.d/package-installs-overcloud-compute b/elements/overcloud-compute/install.d/package-installs-overcloud-compute
index ea0566d3..c46927aa 100644
--- a/elements/overcloud-compute/install.d/package-installs-overcloud-compute
+++ b/elements/overcloud-compute/install.d/package-installs-overcloud-compute
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 dpdk_package
 driverctl_package
+libvirt_package
 nfs_package
 chrony_package
 pacemaker_remote_package
diff --git a/elements/overcloud-compute/pkg-map b/elements/overcloud-compute/pkg-map
index f6ca982e..93fe7b61 100644
--- a/elements/overcloud-compute/pkg-map
+++ b/elements/overcloud-compute/pkg-map
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   "default": {
     "dpdk_package": "dpdk",
     "driverctl_package": "driverctl",
+    "libvirt_package": "libvirt",
     "nfs_package": "nfs-utils",
     "chrony_package": "chrony",
     "pacemaker_remote_package": "pacemaker-remote",
diff --git a/elements/overcloud-compute/post-install.d/51-remove-libvirt-default-net b/elements/overcloud-compute/post-install.d/51-remove-libvirt-default-net
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..9b13648f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/elements/overcloud-compute/post-install.d/51-remove-libvirt-default-net
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -eux
+set -o pipefail
+
+rm -f /etc/libvirt/qemu/networks/autostart/default.xml
diff --git a/elements/overcloud-controller/post-install.d/51-disable-libvirtd-service b/elements/overcloud-controller/post-install.d/51-disable-libvirtd-service
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..0c0edea6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/elements/overcloud-controller/post-install.d/51-disable-libvirtd-service
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -eux
+set -o pipefail
+
+systemctl stop libvirtd
+systemctl disable libvirtd
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/remove-libvirt-deps-8994d3d325af0765.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/remove-libvirt-deps-8994d3d325af0765.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 41e621ef..00000000
--- a/releasenotes/notes/remove-libvirt-deps-8994d3d325af0765.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
----
-other:
-  - |
-    Nova services are now running in the containers but we have still
-    a lot of libvirt packages installed on Overcloud systems.
-    This change remove unnecessary libvirt packages.