diff --git a/vars/distro_install.yml b/vars/distro_install.yml
index f6e62c1f..daf2bb0c 100644
--- a/vars/distro_install.yml
+++ b/vars/distro_install.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ nova_package_list: |-
       nova_services['nova-spicehtml5proxy']['group'] in group_names or
       nova_services['nova-serialconsole-proxy']['group'] in group_names %}
   {%   if nova_console_type == 'novnc' %}
-  {%     set _ = packages.extend(nova_novnc_distro_packages) %}
   {%     set _ = packages.extend(nova_service_extra_distro_packages['novnc']) %}
   {%   endif %}
   {%   if nova_console_type == 'spice' %}
diff --git a/vars/redhat-7.yml b/vars/redhat-7.yml
index bec91889..fb1c112d 100644
--- a/vars/redhat-7.yml
+++ b/vars/redhat-7.yml
@@ -55,12 +55,6 @@ nova_service_extra_distro_packages:
   serialconsole:
     - openstack-nova-serialproxy
 
-nova_novnc_distro_packages:
-  - js-jquery
-  - js-underscore
-  - librabbitmq
-  - libyaml
-
 nova_compute_barbican_distro_packages:
   - cryptsetup
 
diff --git a/vars/source_install.yml b/vars/source_install.yml
index 6eff93ec..70e973fc 100644
--- a/vars/source_install.yml
+++ b/vars/source_install.yml
@@ -20,13 +20,6 @@
 #
 nova_package_list: |-
   {% set packages = nova_distro_packages %}
-  {% if nova_services['nova-novncproxy']['group'] in group_names or
-      nova_services['nova-spicehtml5proxy']['group'] in group_names or
-      nova_services['nova-serialconsole-proxy']['group'] in group_names %}
-  {%   if nova_console_type == 'novnc' %}
-  {%     set _ = packages.extend(nova_novnc_distro_packages) %}
-  {%   endif %}
-  {% endif %}
   {% if nova_services['nova-compute']['group'] in group_names %}
   {%   if nova_virt_type in ['kvm', 'qemu'] %}
   {%     set _ = packages.extend(nova_compute_kvm_distro_packages) %}
diff --git a/vars/suse.yml b/vars/suse.yml
index a8c15f52..ebe0e13e 100644
--- a/vars/suse.yml
+++ b/vars/suse.yml
@@ -55,9 +55,6 @@ nova_service_extra_distro_packages:
   serialconsole:
     - openstack-nova-serialproxy
 
-nova_novnc_distro_packages:
-  - python-websockify
-
 nova_compute_barbican_distro_packages:
   - cryptsetup
 
diff --git a/vars/ubuntu.yml b/vars/ubuntu.yml
index 6242e507..4878e0ba 100644
--- a/vars/ubuntu.yml
+++ b/vars/ubuntu.yml
@@ -57,14 +57,6 @@ nova_service_extra_distro_packages:
   serialconsole:
     - openstack-nova-serialproxy
 
-nova_novnc_distro_packages:
-  - libjs-jquery
-  - libjs-sphinxdoc
-  - libjs-underscore
-  - libjs-swfobject
-  - librabbitmq4
-  - libyaml-0-2
-
 nova_compute_barbican_distro_packages:
   - cryptsetup