diff --git a/roles/packages/tasks/deps.yml b/roles/packages/tasks/deps.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index d3d6215..0000000
--- a/roles/packages/tasks/deps.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
----
-- name: install generic dependencies
-  apt:
-    name: "{{ item }}"
-    state: present
-  with_items:
-    - libdbus-glib-1-2
diff --git a/roles/packages/tasks/main.yml b/roles/packages/tasks/main.yml
index 58fd470..665507a 100644
--- a/roles/packages/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/packages/tasks/main.yml
@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@
 - import_tasks: tools.yml
   tags:
    - packages:tools
-- import_tasks: deps.yml
-  tags:
-   - packages:deps
 - import_tasks: media.yml
   tags:
    - packages:media