diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 78bf49e..680f2a9 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -69,10 +69,6 @@ repo_pkg_cache_group: apt-cacher-ng
 # Set the log directory
 repo_service_log_dir: /var/log/apt-cacher-ng
 
-# Required packages to install on the host
-repo_requires_pip_packages:
-  - virtualenv
-
 # Set the list of packages for the pypiserver
 repo_pypiserver_pip_packages:
  - "pypiserver[cache]==1.2.0"
diff --git a/meta/main.yml b/meta/main.yml
index f295162..72e4a3c 100644
--- a/meta/main.yml
+++ b/meta/main.yml
@@ -38,4 +38,3 @@ dependencies:
   - role: apt_package_pinning
     when:
       - ansible_pkg_mgr == 'apt'
-  - role: pip_install
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/repo-server-required-packages-9a5b1a5c1236030f.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/repo-server-required-packages-9a5b1a5c1236030f.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4b8690d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/repo-server-required-packages-9a5b1a5c1236030f.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+deprecations:
+  - |
+    The variable ``repo_requires_pip_packages`` is no longer required
+    and has therefore been removed.
diff --git a/tasks/repo_install.yml b/tasks/repo_install.yml
index 3ecd2a3..2359c06 100644
--- a/tasks/repo_install.yml
+++ b/tasks/repo_install.yml
@@ -77,24 +77,6 @@
       - "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages"
   register: _virtualenv_support
 
-# TODO(odyssey4me):
-# We force a reinstall of the required pip packages when the
-# virtualenv_support folder is absent. This is to ensure that
-# we're able to create the venv properly for pypiserver.
-# The state ternary filter can be removed in Rocky as this is
-# only required for Pike->Queens upgrades.
-- name: Install required pip packages
-  pip:
-    name: "{{ repo_requires_pip_packages }}"
-    state: "{{ (_virtualenv_support['matched'] | int > 0) | ternary(repo_server_pip_package_state, 'forcereinstall') }}"
-    extra_args: >-
-      {{ (pip_install_upper_constraints is defined) | ternary('--constraint ' + pip_install_upper_constraints | default(''),'') }}
-      {{ pip_install_options | default('') }}
-  register: install_packages
-  until: install_packages is success
-  retries: 5
-  delay: 2
-
 # Note(odyssey4me):
 # To cater for a situation where the pip packages are changing, but the repo
 # does not yet have the package built, we need to ensure that this task can