diff --git a/roles/cloud-gce/tasks/venv.yml b/roles/cloud-gce/tasks/venv.yml
index 078efe5..b41323f 100644
--- a/roles/cloud-gce/tasks/venv.yml
+++ b/roles/cloud-gce/tasks/venv.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
   pip:
     name:
       - apache-libcloud
-      - pycrypto
     state: latest
     virtualenv: "{{ gce_venv }}"
     virtualenv_python: python2.7