diff --git a/roles/debian/tasks/main.yml b/roles/debian/tasks/main.yml
index 81e3749..a24382b 100644
--- a/roles/debian/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/debian/tasks/main.yml
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@
       - rsync
       - vim
       - tmux
-    update_cache: yes
 
 # we don’t want to template this file because it gets overwritten by proxmox
 # so just try removing anything that messes with our definitions in interfaces.d