diff --git a/manifests/params.pp b/manifests/params.pp
index 3260f86..21254ed 100644
--- a/manifests/params.pp
+++ b/manifests/params.pp
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ class jenkins::params {
       $mod_wsgi_package = 'mod_wsgi'
       $libcurl_dev_package = 'libcurl-devel'
       $ldap_dev_package = 'openldap-devel'
-      $librrd_dev_package = 'rrdtool-devel'
       # for keystone ldap auth integration
       $libsasl_dev = 'cyrus-sasl-devel'
       $mysql_dev_package = 'mysql-devel'
@@ -62,7 +61,6 @@ class jenkins::params {
       $mod_wsgi_package = 'libapache2-mod-wsgi'
       $libcurl_dev_package = 'libcurl4-gnutls-dev'
       $ldap_dev_package = 'libldap2-dev'
-      $librrd_dev_package = 'librrd-dev'
       # for keystone ldap auth integration
       $libsasl_dev = 'libsasl2-dev'
       $mysql_dev_package = 'libmysqlclient-dev'
diff --git a/manifests/slave.pp b/manifests/slave.pp
index 8181e84..14c58ee 100644
--- a/manifests/slave.pp
+++ b/manifests/slave.pp
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ class jenkins::slave(
     $::jenkins::params::mod_wsgi_package,
     $::jenkins::params::libcurl_dev_package,
     $::jenkins::params::ldap_dev_package,
-    $::jenkins::params::librrd_dev_package, # for py-rrdtool, used by kwapi
     $::jenkins::params::libsasl_dev, # for keystone ldap auth integration
     $::jenkins::params::mysql_dev_package,
     $::jenkins::params::nspr_dev_package, # for spidermonkey, used by ceilometer