diff --git a/test/common/config/pkgdep/pkg b/test/common/config/pkgdep/pkg
index 170c7aaf6..3f3f41725 100644
--- a/test/common/config/pkgdep/pkg
+++ b/test/common/config/pkgdep/pkg
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ install() {
 }
 
 packages=(
-	etc_os-release
 	pciutils
 	jq
 	gdb
diff --git a/test/common/config/vm_setup.sh b/test/common/config/vm_setup.sh
index 6ee58e788..59dbff6a7 100755
--- a/test/common/config/vm_setup.sh
+++ b/test/common/config/vm_setup.sh
@@ -57,12 +57,6 @@ function error() {
 }
 
 function set_os_id_version() {
-	if [[ $(uname -s) == FreeBSD ]] && ! pkg info -q etc_os-release; then
-		echo "Please install 'etc_os-release' package" >&2
-		echo "pkg install -y etc_os-release" >&2
-		exit 2
-	fi
-
 	if [[ -f /etc/os-release ]]; then
 		source /etc/os-release
 	elif [[ -f /usr/local/etc/os-release ]]; then