diff --git a/requirements/system/ubuntu/apt-packages.txt b/requirements/system/ubuntu/apt-packages.txt
index c61c658111..5dc47157f6 100644
--- a/requirements/system/ubuntu/apt-packages.txt
+++ b/requirements/system/ubuntu/apt-packages.txt
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ libreadline6-dev
 mongodb
 nodejs
 coffeescript
-mysql
-libmysqlclient-dev
+mysql-client
 virtualenvwrapper
 libgeos-ruby1.8