diff --git a/roles/ceph-iscsi-gw/tasks/non-container/prerequisites.yml b/roles/ceph-iscsi-gw/tasks/non-container/prerequisites.yml
index f2bcd2e81..0c5d505ff 100644
--- a/roles/ceph-iscsi-gw/tasks/non-container/prerequisites.yml
+++ b/roles/ceph-iscsi-gw/tasks/non-container/prerequisites.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
         common_pkgs:
           - tcmu-runner
           - targetcli
-          - python-rtslib
         common_repos:
           - tcmu-runner
           - python-rtslib