diff --git a/roles/calibre-web/tasks/install.yml b/roles/calibre-web/tasks/install.yml
index 7ffb5a32e..29affb3d2 100644
--- a/roles/calibre-web/tasks/install.yml
+++ b/roles/calibre-web/tasks/install.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
   package:
     name:
       - imagemagick
-      - python3-venv
       - python3-netifaces
     state: present
 
diff --git a/roles/lokole/tasks/install.yml b/roles/lokole/tasks/install.yml
index 82d8593ca..bf4e64e7f 100644
--- a/roles/lokole/tasks/install.yml
+++ b/roles/lokole/tasks/install.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
     name:
       #- python3    # 2022-12-21: IIAB pre-req, see scripts/local_facts.fact
       #- python3-pip
-      - python3-venv
       - python3-dev
       - python3-bcrypt    # 2019-10-14: Should work across modern Linux OS's
       #- bcrypt does not exist on Ubuntu 19.10