diff --git a/roles/ceph-iscsi-gw/tasks/non-container/prerequisites.yml b/roles/ceph-iscsi-gw/tasks/non-container/prerequisites.yml
index c1a287069..6e72b1298 100644
--- a/roles/ceph-iscsi-gw/tasks/non-container/prerequisites.yml
+++ b/roles/ceph-iscsi-gw/tasks/non-container/prerequisites.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
           - targetcli
         common_repos:
           - tcmu-runner
-          - python-rtslib
 
     - name: set_fact base iscsi pkgs if new style ceph-iscsi
       set_fact: