Use of rpm -q --whatprovides breaks working manifest

I had working code to install Percona MySQL server after removing mysql and mysql-devel. The example below worked with puppet 3.4.3, but with 3.5.1 it doesn't. Reverting to 3.4.3 did fix this problem. The problem is that 3.5.1 is now doing a --whatprovides on the second run, and it sees Percona-Server-client-55-5.5.34-rel32.0.591.rhel6.x86_64. It then tries to remove it, but then it is a requirement of Percona-Server-server-55-5.5.34-rel32.0.591.rhel6.x86_64.

I found multiple bug reports of why whatprovides was added, but at least I need a way to disable it's use for this case, or revert and add whatprovides as a resource of package.

Example:

$removemysqlpackages = [
'mysql',
'mysql-devel',
]

package

{ $removemysqlpackages: ensure => 'absent', }

$perconapackages = [
'Percona-Server-client-55',
'Percona-Server-server-55',
'Percona-Server-shared-55',
'Percona-Server-shared-compat',
'Percona-Server-devel-55',
]

package

{ $perconapackages: ensure => 'installed', require => [ Group['mysql'], Package[$removemysqlpackages], ], }