diff --git a/elements/haproxy-octavia/pre-install.d/01-backports b/elements/haproxy-octavia/pre-install.d/01-backports
index ad3f588d95..4cd4bbb5ea 100755
--- a/elements/haproxy-octavia/pre-install.d/01-backports
+++ b/elements/haproxy-octavia/pre-install.d/01-backports
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ set -o xtrace
 if [ "$DISTRO_NAME" == "ubuntu" ] && [ "$DIB_RELEASE" == "trusty" ]; then
     echo deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu trusty-backports main restricted universe multiverse > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/backports.list
 elif [ "$DISTRO_NAME" == "centos7" ]; then
+    INCLUDEPKGS=''
     case $ARCH in
     x86_64|amd64)
         BASEURL=http://mirror.centos.org/\$contentdir/\$releasever/paas/\$basearch/openshift-origin/