diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/fas b/inventory/group_vars/fas
index 19e9f28e78..4561eeffad 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/fas
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/fas
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ num_cpus: 8
 virt_install_command: "{{ virt_install_command_rhel6 }}"
 
 base_pkgs_inst: ['iptables']
+base_pkgs_erase: ['firstboot-tui','bluez-utils', 'sendmail','firewalld']
 
 # for systems that do not match the above - specify the same parameter in
 # the host_vars/$hostname file
diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/fas_stg b/inventory/group_vars/fas_stg
index 527d7846ab..9c3def3756 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/fas_stg
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/fas_stg
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ num_cpus: 2
 virt_install_command: "{{ virt_install_command_rhel6 }}"
 
 base_pkgs_inst: ['iptables']
+base_pkgs_erase: ['firstboot-tui','bluez-utils', 'sendmail','firewalld']
 
 # for systems that do not match the above - specify the same parameter in
 # the host_vars/$hostname file