diff --git a/roles/mediaimport/defaults/main.yml b/roles/mediaimport/defaults/main.yml
index b5a32e37856b0d4d2ebdb2eb4869871595663b73..f6bbd6624ad18fd97516ef97e14fede94f31a318 100644
--- a/roles/mediaimport/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/mediaimport/defaults/main.yml
@@ -4,9 +4,6 @@ mediaimport_users:
     passwd: "{{ envsetup_mediaimport_password | d() }}"
 
 mediaimport_packages:
-  - openssh-server
-  - mysecureshell # unreleased version that includes CallbackUpload, packaged by UbiCast
-  - pure-ftpd # must be installed before ubicast-mediaimport so that config can be tweaked by the postinst
   - ssl-cert # for optionnal FTPS support (the mediaimport postinst will will use the snakeoil certificate for pure-ftpd)
   - ubicast-mediaimport