diff --git a/tests/cli/test_build_and_deploy_azure.sh b/tests/cli/test_build_and_deploy_azure.sh
index 5ca358d3..f5a985f2 100755
--- a/tests/cli/test_build_and_deploy_azure.sh
+++ b/tests/cli/test_build_and_deploy_azure.sh
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ rlJournalStart
             rlAssertRpm python2-pip
         fi
 
-        rlRun -t -c "yum -y remove python*-requests python*-dateutil pyOpenSSL"
+        rlRun -t -c "rpm -e --nodeps pyOpenSSL"
+        rlRun -t -c "yum -y remove python*-requests python*-dateutil"
 
         rlRun -t -c "pip install --upgrade pip setuptools"
         rlRun -t -c "pip install ansible[azure] futures"