--- /dev/null
+diff --git a/metadata.json b/metadata.json
+index 5803cf5..b3426f6 100644
+--- a/metadata.json
++++ b/metadata.json
+@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@
+ ],
+ "dependencies": [
+ {"name":"puppetlabs/stdlib","version_requirement":">= 3.13.1 < 5.0.0"},
+- {"name":"puppetlabs/apt","version_requirement":">= 1.8.0 < 5.0.0"},
+ {"name":"puppet/staging","version_requirement":">= 0.3.1 < 2.0.0"}
+ ]
+ }