diff --git a/wo/cli/plugins/stack.py b/wo/cli/plugins/stack.py
index 5b29844..1f2b330 100644
--- a/wo/cli/plugins/stack.py
+++ b/wo/cli/plugins/stack.py
@@ -1522,10 +1522,6 @@ class WOStackController(CementBaseController):
                                             'kickstart-static64.sh',
                                             '/tmp/kickstart.sh',
                                             'Netdata']]
-                if not WOAptGet.is_installed(self, 'python3-mysqldb'):
-                    Log.debug(
-                        self, "Setting apt_packages variable for Fail2ban")
-                    apt_packages = apt_packages + WOVariables.wo_netdata
 
             # WordOps Dashboard
             if self.app.pargs.dashboard:
diff --git a/wo/core/variables.py b/wo/core/variables.py
index 6b2556f..fd12917 100644
--- a/wo/core/variables.py
+++ b/wo/core/variables.py
@@ -158,12 +158,10 @@ class WOVariables():
                          "10.3/debian {codename} main"
                          .format(codename=wo_platform_codename))
 
-    wo_mysql = ["mariadb-server", "percona-toolkit"]
+    wo_mysql = ["mariadb-server", "percona-toolkit", "python3-mysqldb"]
 
     wo_fail2ban = "fail2ban"
 
-    wo_netdata = "python3-mysqldb"
-
     # Redis repo details
     if wo_platform_distro == 'ubuntu':
         wo_redis_repo = ("ppa:chris-lea/redis-server")