diff --git a/config/nodepool/scripts/prepare_node.sh b/config/nodepool/scripts/prepare_node.sh
index 2ae05b25..c21875ec 100755
--- a/config/nodepool/scripts/prepare_node.sh
+++ b/config/nodepool/scripts/prepare_node.sh
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ APT_PACKAGES+=" gettext"
 # Glance-client is required for diskimage-integration jobs
 PIP_PACKAGES="python-glanceclient"
 # Requirements for Sahara
-PIP_PACKAGES+=" mysql-python"
+PIP_PACKAGES+=" mysql-python pymysql"
 # Requirements for dib-jobs
 PIP_PACKAGES+=" python-openstackclient"
 PIP_PACKAGES+=" pip==8.1.1 tox"
diff --git a/slave-scripts/gate-sahara.sh b/slave-scripts/gate-sahara.sh
index 4828490b..e5ea0e42 100755
--- a/slave-scripts/gate-sahara.sh
+++ b/slave-scripts/gate-sahara.sh
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ case $(echo $JOB_NAME | awk -F '-' '{ print $NF }') in
     python3)
        sudo apt install python3-pip python3-dev -y
        sudo pip3 $pip_cmd
-       sudo pip3 install pymysql
        ;;
     *)
        sudo pip $pip_cmd