diff --git a/manifests/ubuntu.pp b/manifests/ubuntu.pp
index a2166a8f..8adf6dd3 100644
--- a/manifests/ubuntu.pp
+++ b/manifests/ubuntu.pp
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@
     location => $location,
     release  => $release,
     repos    => $repos,
-    require  => Class['apt'],
     key      => $key,
   }