diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 7bb07f98..245c028d 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -297,12 +297,6 @@ glance_wsgi_processes_max: 16
 glance_wsgi_processes: "{{ [[ansible_processor_vcpus|default(1), 1] | max * 2, glance_wsgi_processes_max] | min }}"
 glance_wsgi_threads: 1
 
-# This variable is used by the repo_build process to determine
-# which host group to check for members of before building the
-# pip packages required by this role. The value is picked up
-# by the py_pkgs lookup.
-glance_role_project_group: glance_all
-
 ## Tunable overrides
 glance_glance_api_paste_ini_overrides: {}
 glance_glance_api_conf_overrides: {}
diff --git a/tests/ansible-role-requirements.yml b/tests/ansible-role-requirements.yml
index 08a0a50a..555237c1 100644
--- a/tests/ansible-role-requirements.yml
+++ b/tests/ansible-role-requirements.yml
@@ -3,10 +3,6 @@
   src: https://opendev.org/openstack/openstack-ansible-apt_package_pinning
   scm: git
   version: master
-- name: pip_install
-  src: https://opendev.org/openstack/openstack-ansible-pip_install
-  scm: git
-  version: master
 - name: memcached_server
   src: https://opendev.org/openstack/openstack-ansible-memcached_server
   scm: git