diff --git a/tasks/nova_install.yml b/tasks/nova_install.yml
index 4eff4295..1c639171 100644
--- a/tasks/nova_install.yml
+++ b/tasks/nova_install.yml
@@ -27,22 +27,6 @@
     update_cache: "{{ (ansible_pkg_mgr in ['apt', 'zypper']) | ternary('yes', omit) }}"
     cache_valid_time: "{{ (ansible_pkg_mgr == 'apt') | ternary(cache_timeout, omit) }}"
 
-- name: Remove known problem packages for the Spice console
-  package:
-    name: "{{ item }}"
-    state: absent
-  register: remove_packages
-  until: remove_packages|success
-  retries: 5
-  delay: 2
-  with_items: "{{ nova_spice_distro_packages }}"
-  when:
-    - "nova_services['nova-spicehtml5proxy']['group'] in group_names"
-    - nova_console_type == "spice"
-  tags:
-    - nova-apt-packages
-    - nova-spice-apt-packages
-
 - name: Create developer mode constraint file
   copy:
     dest: "/opt/developer-pip-constraints.txt"
diff --git a/vars/main.yml b/vars/main.yml
index a6bc63dc..f8a76514 100644
--- a/vars/main.yml
+++ b/vars/main.yml
@@ -26,9 +26,6 @@ nova_package_list: |-
   {%   if nova_console_type == 'novnc' %}
   {%     set _ = packages.extend(nova_novnc_distro_packages) %}
   {%   endif %}
-  {%   if nova_console_type == 'spice' %}
-  {%     set _ = packages.extend(nova_spice_distro_packages) %}
-  {%   endif %}
   {% endif %}
   {% if nova_services['nova-compute']['group'] in group_names %}
   {%   if nova_virt_type in ['kvm', 'qemu'] %}
diff --git a/vars/redhat-7.yml b/vars/redhat-7.yml
index 9e8c1c45..0b0da943 100644
--- a/vars/redhat-7.yml
+++ b/vars/redhat-7.yml
@@ -27,10 +27,6 @@ nova_distro_packages:
   - which
   - libxml2-devel
 
-# Spice console yum packages
-nova_spice_distro_packages:
-  - spice-html5
-
 nova_novnc_distro_packages:
   - js-jquery
   - js-underscore
diff --git a/vars/suse-42.yml b/vars/suse-42.yml
index 8266937b..064e6363 100644
--- a/vars/suse-42.yml
+++ b/vars/suse-42.yml
@@ -28,10 +28,6 @@ nova_distro_packages:
   - which
   - libxml2-devel
 
-# Spice console zypper packages
-nova_spice_distro_packages:
-  - libspice-controller0
-
 nova_novnc_distro_packages:
   - python-websockify
 
diff --git a/vars/ubuntu-16.04.yml b/vars/ubuntu-16.04.yml
index e9f21114..8f6fc19f 100644
--- a/vars/ubuntu-16.04.yml
+++ b/vars/ubuntu-16.04.yml
@@ -27,10 +27,6 @@ nova_distro_packages:
   - iptables
   - libxml2-dev
 
-# Spice console apt packages
-nova_spice_distro_packages:
-  - spice-html5
-
 nova_novnc_distro_packages:
   - libjs-jquery
   - libjs-sphinxdoc