diff --git a/elements/os-svc-install/bin/os-svc-install b/elements/os-svc-install/bin/os-svc-install
index 51d7b9b29..2bb79a836 100755
--- a/elements/os-svc-install/bin/os-svc-install
+++ b/elements/os-svc-install/bin/os-svc-install
@@ -53,8 +53,6 @@ function python_install() {
             done
 
             pip install -r $reqs
-            # FIXME: pip requires doesn't include MySQL-python
-            pip install MySQL-python
         fi
     fi
     # Always replay this, as we cannot use the entry this would generate in the manifest
diff --git a/elements/os-svc-install/element-deps b/elements/os-svc-install/element-deps
index 108459b0a..f0a717e2a 100644
--- a/elements/os-svc-install/element-deps
+++ b/elements/os-svc-install/element-deps
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-mysql-dev
 pip-and-virtualenv
 pip-manifest
 svc-map