diff --git a/vars/debian.yml b/vars/debian.yml
index 1933041d..f7786e4c 100644
--- a/vars/debian.yml
+++ b/vars/debian.yml
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ nova_compute_kvm_distro_packages:
   - libvirt-daemon-system
   - ovmf
   - python3-libvirt
-  - qemu
   - qemu-efi
   - qemu-utils
   - qemu-user