diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/ubuntu/compute.ubuntu16.04.pkglist b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/ubuntu/compute.ubuntu16.04.pkglist
index 1eb4bf416..194157acc 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/ubuntu/compute.ubuntu16.04.pkglist
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/ubuntu/compute.ubuntu16.04.pkglist
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ linux-image-generic-lts-xenial
 openssh-server
 openssh-client
 wget
-vim
 ntp
 rsyslog
 rsync
diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/ubuntu/compute.ubuntu16.04.ppc64el.pkglist b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/ubuntu/compute.ubuntu16.04.ppc64el.pkglist
index df556b887..5bf569fd1 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/ubuntu/compute.ubuntu16.04.ppc64el.pkglist
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/ubuntu/compute.ubuntu16.04.ppc64el.pkglist
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ linux-image-generic
 openssh-server
 openssh-client
 wget
-vim
 ntp
 ntpdate
 rsync
diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/ubuntu/compute.ubuntu16.04.x86_64.pkglist b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/ubuntu/compute.ubuntu16.04.x86_64.pkglist
index df556b887..5bf569fd1 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/ubuntu/compute.ubuntu16.04.x86_64.pkglist
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/ubuntu/compute.ubuntu16.04.x86_64.pkglist
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ linux-image-generic
 openssh-server
 openssh-client
 wget
-vim
 ntp
 ntpdate
 rsync