diff --git a/roles/common/molecule/default/group_vars/parameters-optional.yml b/roles/common/molecule/default/group_vars/parameters-optional.yml
index 23aa5cd33714bdcb21712593ef6ee85264e28502..0dcfd196da82e0f423d63c46189619672c1522ee 100644
--- a/roles/common/molecule/default/group_vars/parameters-optional.yml
+++ b/roles/common/molecule/default/group_vars/parameters-optional.yml
@@ -31,8 +31,7 @@ os_groups:
 common_packages:
   - units
   - gnutls-bin
-  - "{{ 'libmariadb-client-lgpl-dev-compat' if ansible_distribution_release == 'jessie'
-  else 'libmariadbclient-dev-compat' if ansible_distribution_release == 'stretch' }}"
+  - libmariadbclient-dev-compat
   - emacs24-nox
 ca_certificates:
   cacert1: "{{ lookup('file', 'tests/data/x509/ca1.cert.pem') }}"