diff --git a/files/apts/horizon b/files/apts/horizon
index 8969046355..03df3cba97 100644
--- a/files/apts/horizon
+++ b/files/apts/horizon
@@ -9,13 +9,11 @@ python-routes
 python-xattr
 python-sqlalchemy
 python-webob
-python-kombu
 pylint
 python-eventlet
 python-nose
 python-sphinx
 python-mox
-python-kombu
 python-coverage
 python-cherrypy3 # why?
 python-migrate
diff --git a/files/apts/neutron b/files/apts/neutron
index 381c75836d..a48a800527 100644
--- a/files/apts/neutron
+++ b/files/apts/neutron
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ python-routes
 python-suds
 python-pastedeploy
 python-greenlet
-python-kombu
 python-eventlet
 python-sqlalchemy
 python-mysqldb
diff --git a/files/apts/nova b/files/apts/nova
index b1b969aab7..a3b0cb1521 100644
--- a/files/apts/nova
+++ b/files/apts/nova
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ python-sqlalchemy
 python-suds
 python-lockfile
 python-m2crypto
-python-kombu
 python-feedparser
 python-iso8601
 python-qpid # NOPRIME
diff --git a/files/rpms-suse/horizon b/files/rpms-suse/horizon
index d3bde2690c..fa7e43964a 100644
--- a/files/rpms-suse/horizon
+++ b/files/rpms-suse/horizon
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ python-beautifulsoup
 python-coverage
 python-dateutil
 python-eventlet
-python-kombu
 python-mox
 python-nose
 python-pylint
diff --git a/files/rpms-suse/neutron b/files/rpms-suse/neutron
index 41eae0576e..8431bd1bd0 100644
--- a/files/rpms-suse/neutron
+++ b/files/rpms-suse/neutron
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ mariadb # NOPRIME
 python-eventlet
 python-greenlet
 python-iso8601
-python-kombu
 python-mysql
 python-mysql-connector-python
 python-Paste
diff --git a/files/rpms-suse/nova b/files/rpms-suse/nova
index bea0451289..b1c4f6a8d0 100644
--- a/files/rpms-suse/nova
+++ b/files/rpms-suse/nova
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ python-eventlet
 python-feedparser
 python-greenlet
 python-iso8601
-python-kombu
 python-libxml2
 python-lockfile
 python-lxml # needed for glance which is needed for nova --- this shouldn't be here
diff --git a/files/rpms/horizon b/files/rpms/horizon
index 8ecb030194..fe3a2f40c0 100644
--- a/files/rpms/horizon
+++ b/files/rpms/horizon
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ python-dateutil
 python-eventlet
 python-greenlet
 python-httplib2
-python-kombu
 python-migrate
 python-mox
 python-nose
diff --git a/files/rpms/neutron b/files/rpms/neutron
index 7020d33719..2c9dd3d5e8 100644
--- a/files/rpms/neutron
+++ b/files/rpms/neutron
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ openvswitch # NOPRIME
 python-eventlet
 python-greenlet
 python-iso8601
-python-kombu
 #rhel6 gets via pip
 python-paste        # dist:f19,f20,rhel7
 python-paste-deploy # dist:f19,f20,rhel7
diff --git a/files/rpms/nova b/files/rpms/nova
index 695d814f7d..dc1944b1de 100644
--- a/files/rpms/nova
+++ b/files/rpms/nova
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ python-eventlet
 python-feedparser
 python-greenlet
 python-iso8601
-python-kombu
 python-lockfile
 python-migrate
 python-mox