diff --git a/bindep.txt b/bindep.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index d3e78b37c6..0000000000
--- a/bindep.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-libffi-dev [platform:dpkg]
-libffi-devel [platform:rpm]
-gcc [platform:rpm]
-gcc [platform:dpkg]
-python3-dev [platform:dpkg]
-python3-devel [platform:rpm]
-openssl-devel [platform:rpm]
-libssl-dev [platform:dpkg]
diff --git a/tests/pre.yml b/tests/pre.yml
index def38158af..1f68039a16 100644
--- a/tests/pre.yml
+++ b/tests/pre.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
   vars:
     logs_dir: "/tmp/logs"
   roles:
-    - bindep
     - multi-node-firewall
     - role: multi-node-vxlan-overlay
       vars: