diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 80a875ca..813f2ccc 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ galera_pip_packages:
   - pycrypto
 
 galera_pre_apt_packages:
+  - apt-transport-https
   - debconf-utils
   - libaio1
   - libc6
diff --git a/other-requirements.txt b/other-requirements.txt
index 137d1393..da55ba70 100644
--- a/other-requirements.txt
+++ b/other-requirements.txt
@@ -14,5 +14,4 @@
 # TODO(odyssey4me) remove this once https://review.openstack.org/288634 has merged
 # and the disk images are rebuilt and redeployed.
 curl
-apt-transport-https