diff --git a/manifests/params.pp b/manifests/params.pp
index ab81f58c6..15b91f1ba 100644
--- a/manifests/params.pp
+++ b/manifests/params.pp
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ class nova::params {
       $common_package_name      = 'nova-common'
       $compute_package_name     = 'nova-compute'
       $conductor_package_name   = 'nova-conductor'
+      $consoleauth_package_name = 'nova-consoleauth'
       $doc_package_name         = 'nova-doc'
       $libvirt_package_name     = 'libvirt-bin'
       $network_package_name     = 'nova-network'
@@ -77,14 +78,12 @@ class nova::params {
       $lock_path                = '/var/lock/nova'
       case $::operatingsystem {
         'Debian': {
-          $consoleauth_package_name = 'nova-console'
           $vncproxy_package_name    = 'novnc'
           $vncproxy_service_name    = 'novnc'
           # Use default provider on Debian
           $special_service_provider = undef
         }
         default: {
-          $consoleauth_package_name = 'nova-consoleauth'
           $vncproxy_package_name    = ['novnc', 'nova-novncproxy']
           $vncproxy_service_name    = 'nova-novncproxy'
           # some of the services need to be started form the special upstart provider