diff --git a/dist/debian/build_deb.sh b/dist/debian/build_deb.sh
index 46b3902..26e5f25 100755
--- a/dist/debian/build_deb.sh
+++ b/dist/debian/build_deb.sh
@@ -28,16 +28,6 @@ is_redhat_variant() {
 is_debian_variant() {
     [ -f /etc/debian_version ]
 }
-pkg_install() {
-    if is_redhat_variant; then
-        sudo yum install -y $1
-    elif is_debian_variant; then
-        sudo apt-get install -y $1
-    else
-        echo "Requires to install following command: $1"
-        exit 1
-    fi
-}
 
 if [ ! -e scylla-jmx/SCYLLA-RELOCATABLE-FILE ]; then
     echo "do not directly execute build_rpm.sh, use reloc/build_rpm.sh instead."
@@ -53,37 +43,6 @@ if [ ! -f "$RELOC_PKG" ]; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
-if is_debian_variant; then
-    sudo apt-get -y update
-fi
-# this hack is needed since some environment installs 'git-core' package, it's
-# subset of the git command and doesn't works for our git-archive-all script.
-if is_redhat_variant && [ ! -f /usr/libexec/git-core/git-submodule ]; then
-    sudo yum install -y git
-fi
-if [ ! -f /usr/bin/git ]; then
-    pkg_install git
-fi
-if [ ! -f /usr/bin/python ]; then
-    pkg_install python
-fi
-if [ ! -f /usr/sbin/debuild ]; then
-    pkg_install devscripts
-fi
-if [ ! -f /usr/bin/dh_testdir ]; then
-    pkg_install debhelper
-fi
-if [ ! -f /usr/bin/fakeroot ]; then
-    pkg_install fakeroot
-fi
-
-if [ "$ID" = "ubuntu" ] && [ ! -f /usr/share/keyrings/debian-archive-keyring.gpg ]; then
-    sudo apt-get install -y debian-archive-keyring
-fi
-if [ "$ID" = "debian" ] && [ ! -f /usr/share/keyrings/ubuntu-archive-keyring.gpg ]; then
-    sudo apt-get install -y ubuntu-archive-keyring
-fi
-
 RELOC_PKG=$(readlink -f $RELOC_PKG)
 
 mv scylla-jmx/debian debian
diff --git a/dist/redhat/build_rpm.sh b/dist/redhat/build_rpm.sh
index 7564649..4e7e8cf 100755
--- a/dist/redhat/build_rpm.sh
+++ b/dist/redhat/build_rpm.sh
@@ -24,14 +24,6 @@ done
 is_redhat_variant() {
     [ -f /etc/redhat-release ]
 }
-pkg_install() {
-    if is_redhat_variant; then
-        sudo yum install -y $1
-    else
-        echo "Requires to install following command: $1"
-        exit 1
-    fi
-}
 
 if [ ! -e SCYLLA-RELOCATABLE-FILE ]; then
     echo "do not directly execute build_rpm.sh, use reloc/build_rpm.sh instead."
@@ -47,13 +39,6 @@ if [ ! -f "$RELOC_PKG" ]; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
-if [ ! -f /usr/bin/rpmbuild ]; then
-    pkg_install rpm-build
-fi
-if [ ! -f /usr/bin/git ]; then
-    pkg_install git
-fi
-
 SCYLLA_VERSION=$(cat SCYLLA-VERSION-FILE)
 SCYLLA_RELEASE=$(cat SCYLLA-RELEASE-FILE)
 VERSION=$SCYLLA_VERSION-$SCYLLA_RELEASE