diff --git a/lib/beaker/host/unix.rb b/lib/beaker/host/unix.rb
index ca88425f5..b1236c008 100644
--- a/lib/beaker/host/unix.rb
+++ b/lib/beaker/host/unix.rb
@@ -51,10 +51,7 @@ def external_copy_base
     # @return [String,nil] Reason message if set_env should be skipped,
     #   nil if it should run.
     def skip_set_env?
-      case self['platform'].variant
-      when 'netscaler'
-        "no puppet-agent package for network device platform '#{self['platform'].variant}'"
-      end
+      nil
     end
 
     # Validates that the host was setup correctly
diff --git a/lib/beaker/host_prebuilt_steps.rb b/lib/beaker/host_prebuilt_steps.rb
index b01394725..60b55a02a 100644
--- a/lib/beaker/host_prebuilt_steps.rb
+++ b/lib/beaker/host_prebuilt_steps.rb
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ def host_packages(host)
       when /fedora/
         FEDORA_PACKAGES
       else
-        if !/aix|solaris|osx-|netscaler/.match?(host['platform'])
+        if !/aix|solaris|osx-/.match?(host['platform'])
           UNIX_PACKAGES
         else
           []
@@ -335,8 +335,6 @@ def hack_etc_hosts hosts, _opts
     def disable_updates hosts, opts
       logger = opts[:logger]
       hosts.each do |host|
-        next if host['platform'].include?('netscaler')
-
         logger.notify "Disabling updates.puppetlabs.com by modifying hosts file to resolve updates to 127.0.0.1 on #{host}"
         set_etc_hosts(host, "127.0.0.1\tupdates.puppetlabs.com\n")
       end
diff --git a/lib/beaker/platform.rb b/lib/beaker/platform.rb
index d7b005600..caeaa4174 100644
--- a/lib/beaker/platform.rb
+++ b/lib/beaker/platform.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module Beaker
   # all String methods while adding several platform-specific use cases.
   class Platform < String
     # Supported platforms
-    PLATFORMS = /^(alpine|amazon|(free|open)bsd|osx|centos|fedora|debian|oracle|redhat|redhatfips|scientific|opensuse|sles|ubuntu|windows|solaris|aix|archlinux|el|netscaler)\-.+\-.+$/
+    PLATFORMS = /^(alpine|amazon|(free|open)bsd|osx|centos|fedora|debian|oracle|redhat|redhatfips|scientific|opensuse|sles|ubuntu|windows|solaris|aix|archlinux|el)\-.+\-.+$/
     # Platform version numbers vs. codenames conversion hash
     PLATFORM_VERSION_CODES =
       { :debian => { "forky" => "14",
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ class Platform < String
     # * solaris
     # * aix
     # * el
-    # * netscaler
     # * archlinux
     def initialize(name)
       raise ArgumentError, "Unsupported platform name #{name}" if !PLATFORMS.match?(name)