diff --git a/playbooks/prepare-node-common.yaml b/playbooks/prepare-node-common.yaml
index 4c26af2b5..72ce19e7b 100644
--- a/playbooks/prepare-node-common.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/prepare-node-common.yaml
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@
           - libxslt-devel
           - ruby-devel
           - zlib-devel
-          - rubygem-rexml
 
       when:
         - ansible_os_family == 'RedHat'