diff --git a/roles/mariadb_server/tasks/main.yml b/roles/mariadb_server/tasks/main.yml
index 5cb17eb506..c311ec8813 100644
--- a/roles/mariadb_server/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/mariadb_server/tasks/main.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
     state: present
     name:
     - mariadb-server
-    - MySQL-python
   when: ansible_cmdline.ostree is not defined
 
 - name: copy my.cnf