diff --git a/roles/common/tasks/ntp.yml b/roles/common/tasks/ntp.yml
index 8035c9d..ab07eb3 100644
--- a/roles/common/tasks/ntp.yml
+++ b/roles/common/tasks/ntp.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   systemd: name=systemd-timesyncd state=started enabled=yes
 
 - name: Uninstall ntp on modern Ubuntu/Debian
-  apt: name=ntp state=absent update_cache=yes
+  apt: name=ntp state=absent
   when: ansible_service_mgr == 'systemd'
 
 # vim: set ts=2 sw=2: