diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/packages-stg b/inventory/group_vars/packages-stg
index 4ace01856a..4f3c2db809 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/packages-stg
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/packages-stg
@@ -4,10 +4,6 @@ lvm_size: 80000
 mem_size: 4096
 num_cpus: 4
 
-# for systems that do not match the above - specify the same parameter in
-# the host_vars/$hostname file
-virt_install_command: "{{ virt_install_command_rhel6 }}"
-
 tcp_ports: [ 80, 443,
     # These 16 ports are used by fedmsg.  One for each wsgi thread.
     3000, 3001, 3002, 3003, 3004, 3005, 3006, 3007,