diff --git a/salt/mysql/config.sls b/salt/mysql/config.sls
index 5f9010011..274f25d76 100644
--- a/salt/mysql/config.sls
+++ b/salt/mysql/config.sls
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 # MySQL Setup
 mysqlpkgs:
-  pkg.installed:
+  pkg.removed:
     - skip_suggestions: False
     - pkgs:
       {% if grains['os_family'] != 'RedHat' %}
diff --git a/setup/so-functions b/setup/so-functions
index 679142e2a..aad627a8d 100755
--- a/setup/so-functions
+++ b/setup/so-functions
@@ -2088,7 +2088,7 @@ saltify() {
 		if [[ $waitforstate ]]; then
 			retry 150 20 "apt-get -y install salt-common=$SALTVERSION salt-minion=$SALTVERSION salt-master=$SALTVERSION" || fail_setup
 			retry 150 20 "apt-mark hold salt-minion salt-common salt-master" || fail_setup
-			retry 150 20 "apt-get -y install python3-pip python3-dateutil python3-m2crypto python3-mysqldb python3-packaging python3-influxdb python3-lxml" || exit 1
+			retry 150 20 "apt-get -y install python3-pip python3-dateutil python3-m2crypto python3-packaging python3-influxdb python3-lxml" || exit 1
 		else
 			retry 150 20 "apt-get -y install salt-common=$SALTVERSION salt-minion=$SALTVERSION" || fail_setup
 			retry 150 20 "apt-mark hold salt-minion salt-common" || fail_setup