2 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/perl-install/install/NEWS b/perl-install/install/NEWS
index 6074ffbae..4f9c678a4 100644
--- a/perl-install/install/NEWS
+++ b/perl-install/install/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 - check DM really is installed, not just present in /usr/share/X11.dm.d
+- packages selection:
+  o open-vm-tools is handled through rpmsrate
 
 Version 18.6 - 21 Nov 2018
 
diff --git a/perl-install/install/any.pm b/perl-install/install/any.pm
index c2bc4c909..0e4d4e880 100644
--- a/perl-install/install/any.pm
+++ b/perl-install/install/any.pm
@@ -857,7 +857,6 @@ sub default_packages {
     add_n_log("needed for firewall/security", qw(shorewall shorewall-ipv6 mandi-ifw));
     # only needed for CDs/DVDs installations:
     add_n_log("method='cdrom'", 'perl-Hal-Cdroms') if $o->{method} eq 'cdrom';
-    add_n_log("needed for VMware hypervisor", 'open-vm-tools') if detect_devices::is_vmware();
 
     my $dmi_BIOS = detect_devices::dmidecode_category('BIOS');
     my $dmi_Base_Board = detect_devices::dmidecode_category('Base Board');