diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/packages b/inventory/group_vars/packages
index 8728f8d3d7..fe4575d711 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/packages
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/packages
@@ -29,3 +29,4 @@ fedmsg_certs:
   - logger.log
 
 freezes: false
+pythonsitelib: /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages
diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/packages-stg b/inventory/group_vars/packages-stg
index a7a2e3829c..4ace01856a 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/packages-stg
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/packages-stg
@@ -25,3 +25,5 @@ fedmsg_certs:
   group: sysadmin
   can_send:
   - logger.log
+
+pythonsitelib: /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages
diff --git a/roles/packages3/web/vars/main.yml b/roles/packages3/web/vars/main.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 110a023953..0000000000
--- a/roles/packages3/web/vars/main.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-pythonsitelib: /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages