diff --git a/vars/redhat-7.yml b/vars/redhat-7.yml
index f92f74cb..1fe9e858 100644
--- a/vars/redhat-7.yml
+++ b/vars/redhat-7.yml
@@ -14,11 +14,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 glance_distro_packages:
-  - cronie
-  - cronie-anacron
   - git
   - libxml2-devel
   - nfs-utils
   - rpcbind
-  - rsync
-  - which
diff --git a/vars/suse-42.yml b/vars/suse-42.yml
index 51e200b9..4e480425 100644
--- a/vars/suse-42.yml
+++ b/vars/suse-42.yml
@@ -15,11 +15,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 glance_distro_packages:
-  - cronie
-  - cronie-anacron
   - git-core
   - libxml2-devel
   - nfs-utils
   - rpcbind
-  - rsync
-  - which
diff --git a/vars/ubuntu-16.04.yml b/vars/ubuntu-16.04.yml
index 976b59ae..e1ea5f18 100644
--- a/vars/ubuntu-16.04.yml
+++ b/vars/ubuntu-16.04.yml
@@ -22,4 +22,3 @@ glance_distro_packages:
   - libxml2-dev
   - nfs-common
   - rpcbind
-  - rsync