diff --git a/test/verify/check-client b/test/verify/check-client
index 0af95a32d6c..d20a271d5cb 100755
--- a/test/verify/check-client
+++ b/test/verify/check-client
@@ -41,13 +41,8 @@ class TestClient(testlib.MachineCase):
         elif self.m_target.image == 'arch':
             self.m_target.execute("pacman -Rdd --noconfirm pcp")
         else:
-            # TODO: remove conditional when all images have python3-pcp and a Python PCP bridge
             self.m_target.execute("""
-                if rpm -q python3-pcp; then
-                    rpm --erase --verbose pcp python3-pcp
-                else
-                    rpm --erase --verbose pcp
-                fi
+                rpm --erase --verbose pcp python3-pcp
                 systemctl daemon-reload
             """)
 
diff --git a/test/verify/check-metrics b/test/verify/check-metrics
index 254050fa5bc..be70fb0ad33 100755
--- a/test/verify/check-metrics
+++ b/test/verify/check-metrics
@@ -1298,14 +1298,7 @@ class TestMetricsPackages(packagelib.PackageCase):
             # HACK: pcp does not clean up correctly on Debian https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=986074
             m.execute("rm -f /etc/systemd/system/pmlogger.service.requires/pmlogger_farm.service")
         else:
-            # TODO: remove conditional when all images have python3-pcp and a Python PCP bridge
-            m.execute(f"""
-                if rpm -q python3-pcp; then
-                    rpm --erase --verbose pcp python3-pcp {redis_package} {extra_packages}
-                else
-                    rpm --erase --verbose pcp {redis_package} {extra_packages}
-                fi
-            """)
+            m.execute(f"rpm --erase --verbose pcp python3-pcp {redis_package} {extra_packages}")
 
         dummy_service = "[Service]\nExecStart=/bin/sleep infinity\n[Install]\nWantedBy=multi-user.target\n"