diff --git a/manifests/params.pp b/manifests/params.pp
index 35b0fa1..3095bc8 100644
--- a/manifests/params.pp
+++ b/manifests/params.pp
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ class tuskar::params {
       $ui_package_name          = 'openstack-tuskar-ui'
       $ui_extras_package_name   = 'openstack-tuskar-ui-extras'
       $sqlite_package_name      = undef
-      $pymysql_package_name     = 'python2-PyMySQL'
+      $pymysql_package_name     = undef
     }
     'Debian': {
       $client_package_name      = 'python-tuskarclient'
diff --git a/spec/classes/tuskar_db_spec.rb b/spec/classes/tuskar_db_spec.rb
index ab9accd..ba1a7dc 100644
--- a/spec/classes/tuskar_db_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/tuskar_db_spec.rb
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@ describe 'tuskar::db' do
       it { is_expected.to contain_tuskar_config('database/min_pool_size').with_value('2') }
       it { is_expected.to contain_tuskar_config('database/max_retries').with_value('11') }
       it { is_expected.to contain_tuskar_config('database/retry_interval').with_value('11') }
-      it { is_expected.to contain_package('tuskar-backend-package').with({ :ensure => 'present', :name => platform_params[:pymysql_package_name] }) }
-
     end
 
     context 'with MySQL-python library as backend package' do
@@ -77,12 +75,22 @@ describe 'tuskar::db' do
       })
     end
 
-    let :platform_params do
-      { :pymysql_package_name => 'python-pymysql' }
-    end
-
     it_configures 'tuskar::db'
 
+    context 'using pymysql driver' do
+      let :params do
+        { :database_connection     => 'mysql+pymysql://tuskar:tuskar@localhost/tuskar', }
+      end
+
+      it 'install the proper backend package' do
+        is_expected.to contain_package('tuskar-backend-package').with(
+          :ensure => 'present',
+          :name   => 'python-pymysql',
+          :tag    => 'openstack'
+        )
+      end
+    end
+
     context 'with sqlite backend' do
       let :params do
         { :database_connection     => 'sqlite:///var/lib/tuskar/tuskar.sqlite', }
@@ -106,11 +114,15 @@ describe 'tuskar::db' do
       })
     end
 
-    let :platform_params do
-      { :pymysql_package_name => 'python2-PyMySQL' }
-    end
-
     it_configures 'tuskar::db'
+
+    context 'using pymysql driver' do
+      let :params do
+        { :database_connection     => 'mysql+pymysql://tuskar:tuskar@localhost/tuskar', }
+      end
+
+      it { is_expected.not_to contain_package('tuskar-backend-package') }
+    end
   end
 
 end