diff --git a/scripts/lib/create-production-venv b/scripts/lib/create-production-venv
index 5ed89e873f..37686fd450 100755
--- a/scripts/lib/create-production-venv
+++ b/scripts/lib/create-production-venv
@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@ if ZULIP_PATH not in sys.path:
 
 from scripts.lib.zulip_tools import os_families, overwrite_symlink, run, parse_os_release
 from scripts.lib.setup_venv import (
-    setup_virtualenv, get_venv_dependencies, REDHAT_VENV_DEPENDENCIES,
-    FEDORA_VENV_DEPENDENCIES
+    setup_virtualenv, get_venv_dependencies
 )
 
 parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Create a production virtualenv with caching")
@@ -26,11 +25,7 @@ VENV_DEPENDENCIES = get_venv_dependencies(vendor, os_version)
 if "debian" in os_families():
     run(["apt-get", "-y", "install"] + VENV_DEPENDENCIES)
 elif "fedora" in os_families():
-    if "rhel" in os_families():
-        _VENV_DEPS = REDHAT_VENV_DEPENDENCIES
-    else:
-        _VENV_DEPS = FEDORA_VENV_DEPENDENCIES
-    run(["yum", "-y", "install"] + _VENV_DEPS)
+    run(["yum", "-y", "install"] + VENV_DEPENDENCIES)
 else:
     print("Unsupported platform: {}".format(distro_info['ID']))
     sys.exit(1)
diff --git a/scripts/lib/setup_venv.py b/scripts/lib/setup_venv.py
index a2e4cd8aeb..0aa58e3338 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/setup_venv.py
+++ b/scripts/lib/setup_venv.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import logging
 import os
 import shutil
 import subprocess
-from scripts.lib.zulip_tools import run, run_as_root, ENDC, WARNING
+from scripts.lib.zulip_tools import run, run_as_root, ENDC, WARNING, os_families
 from scripts.lib.hash_reqs import expand_reqs
 
 from typing import List, Optional, Tuple, Set
@@ -106,8 +106,14 @@ def get_venv_dependencies(vendor, os_version):
     # type: (str, str) -> List[str]
     if vendor == 'ubuntu' and os_version == '20.04':
         return VENV_DEPENDENCIES + [PYTHON_DEV_DEPENDENCY.format("2"), ]
-    else:
+    elif "debian" in os_families():
         return VENV_DEPENDENCIES + [PYTHON_DEV_DEPENDENCY.format(""), ]
+    elif "rhel" in os_families():
+        return REDHAT_VENV_DEPENDENCIES
+    elif "fedora" in os_families():
+        return FEDORA_VENV_DEPENDENCIES
+    else:
+        raise AssertionError("Invalid vendor")
 
 def install_venv_deps(pip, requirements_file, python2):
     # type: (str, str, bool) -> None
diff --git a/tools/lib/provision.py b/tools/lib/provision.py
index 605c594722..9210f3f969 100755
--- a/tools/lib/provision.py
+++ b/tools/lib/provision.py
@@ -16,9 +16,8 @@ from scripts.lib.zulip_tools import run_as_root, ENDC, WARNING, \
     get_dev_uuid_var_path, FAIL, os_families, parse_os_release, \
     overwrite_symlink
 from scripts.lib.setup_venv import (
-    get_venv_dependencies, REDHAT_VENV_DEPENDENCIES,
-    THUMBOR_VENV_DEPENDENCIES, YUM_THUMBOR_VENV_DEPENDENCIES,
-    FEDORA_VENV_DEPENDENCIES
+    get_venv_dependencies, THUMBOR_VENV_DEPENDENCIES,
+    YUM_THUMBOR_VENV_DEPENDENCIES,
 )
 from scripts.lib.node_cache import setup_node_modules, NODE_MODULES_CACHE_PATH
 from tools.setup import setup_venvs
@@ -145,7 +144,7 @@ UBUNTU_COMMON_APT_DEPENDENCIES = COMMON_DEPENDENCIES + [
     "netcat",               # Used for flushing memcached
     "libfontconfig1",       # Required by phantomjs
     "default-jre-headless",  # Required by vnu-jar
-] + VENV_DEPENDENCIES + THUMBOR_VENV_DEPENDENCIES
+] + THUMBOR_VENV_DEPENDENCIES
 
 COMMON_YUM_DEPENDENCIES = COMMON_DEPENDENCIES + [
     "redis",
@@ -172,14 +171,14 @@ if vendor == 'debian' and os_version in [] or vendor == 'ubuntu' and os_version
             "libgroonga-dev",
             "libmsgpack-dev",
         ]
-    ]
+    ] + VENV_DEPENDENCIES
 elif "debian" in os_families():
     SYSTEM_DEPENDENCIES = UBUNTU_COMMON_APT_DEPENDENCIES + [
         pkg.format(POSTGRES_VERSION) for pkg in [
             "postgresql-{0}",
             "postgresql-{0}-pgroonga",
         ]
-    ]
+    ] + VENV_DEPENDENCIES
 elif "rhel" in os_families():
     SYSTEM_DEPENDENCIES = COMMON_YUM_DEPENDENCIES + [
         pkg.format(POSTGRES_VERSION) for pkg in [
@@ -188,7 +187,7 @@ elif "rhel" in os_families():
             "postgresql{0}-devel",
             "postgresql{0}-pgroonga",
         ]
-    ] + REDHAT_VENV_DEPENDENCIES
+    ] + VENV_DEPENDENCIES
 elif "fedora" in os_families():
     SYSTEM_DEPENDENCIES = COMMON_YUM_DEPENDENCIES + [
         pkg.format(POSTGRES_VERSION) for pkg in [
@@ -199,7 +198,7 @@ elif "fedora" in os_families():
             "groonga-devel",
             "msgpack-devel",
         ]
-    ] + FEDORA_VENV_DEPENDENCIES
+    ] + VENV_DEPENDENCIES
     BUILD_PGROONGA_FROM_SOURCE = True
 
 if "fedora" in os_families():