diff --git a/roles/2-common/tasks/packages.yml b/roles/2-common/tasks/packages.yml
index 7b9f604ec..89b3bad4e 100644
--- a/roles/2-common/tasks/packages.yml
+++ b/roles/2-common/tasks/packages.yml
@@ -63,13 +63,3 @@
       - usbutils
       - wget
     state: present
-
-# These are added to scripts/ansible for python3 support and will be removed
-# once the pip calls are ported to use python3
-- name: "Install 3 common Python packages: python-pip, python-setuptools, python-virtualenv"
-  package:
-    name:
-      - python-pip
-      - python-setuptools
-      - python-virtualenv
-    state: present