diff --git a/manifests/init.pp b/manifests/init.pp
index 6715b6307eeee33e6d73ab5b4b3bbcbadd6f6e4a..4a9b76b93ff889d1a9569d325c288aeb43fe0666 100644
--- a/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/manifests/init.pp
@@ -60,11 +60,7 @@ class amies (
   # #############################################################################
   # PREREQUISITES packages
 
-  # As long as I didn't found how to have "include apt" working, here is a bare workaround
-  exec { 'apt_update_manual':
-    command => '/usr/bin/apt-get update',
-  }
-  -> package { $amies::package_list:
+  package { $amies::package_list:
     ensure => present,
   }