diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index e2fee918..4d00f7a5 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -497,12 +497,6 @@ swift_pypy_env: "/opt/pypy-runtime/{{ swift_pypy_version }}/bin/pypy"
 swift_pypy_gc_min: "15M"
 swift_pypy_gc_max: "1GB"
 
-# This variable is used by the repo_build process to determine
-# which host group to check for members of before building the
-# pip packages required by this role. The value is picked up
-# by the py_pkgs lookup.
-swift_role_project_group: swift_all
-
 ## Tunable overrides
 swift_swift_conf_overrides: {}
 swift_swift_dispersion_conf_overrides: {}
diff --git a/tests/ansible-role-requirements.yml b/tests/ansible-role-requirements.yml
index a6c69f28..8e89d8c3 100644
--- a/tests/ansible-role-requirements.yml
+++ b/tests/ansible-role-requirements.yml
@@ -3,10 +3,6 @@
   src: https://opendev.org/openstack/openstack-ansible-apt_package_pinning
   scm: git
   version: master
-- name: pip_install
-  src: https://opendev.org/openstack/openstack-ansible-pip_install
-  scm: git
-  version: master
 - name: openstack_openrc
   src: https://opendev.org/openstack/openstack-ansible-openstack_openrc
   scm: git