diff --git a/cookbooks/aws-parallelcluster-platform/resources/install_packages/install_packages_amazon2.rb b/cookbooks/aws-parallelcluster-platform/resources/install_packages/install_packages_amazon2.rb
index 948f397a9..cca896fbd 100644
--- a/cookbooks/aws-parallelcluster-platform/resources/install_packages/install_packages_amazon2.rb
+++ b/cookbooks/aws-parallelcluster-platform/resources/install_packages/install_packages_amazon2.rb
@@ -49,8 +49,7 @@ def default_packages
     aws s3 cp #{node['cluster']['artifacts_build_url']}/epel/rhel7/#{node['kernel']['machine']}/epel_deps.tar.gz epel_deps.tar.gz --region #{node['cluster']['region']}
     tar xzf epel_deps.tar.gz
     cd epel
-    yum remove environment-modules moreutils subunit subunit-devel
-    yum install -y *
+    yum install -y * 2>/dev/null
     REQ
   end
 end