diff --git a/precise/base-0k/hooks/install b/precise/base-0k/hooks/install
index 647eebbd..89760e34 100755
--- a/precise/base-0k/hooks/install
+++ b/precise/base-0k/hooks/install
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 set -eux # -x for verbose logging to juju debug-log
 
-apt-get update
 apt-get -y install bash-completion wget bzip2 git-core less language-pack-en python-software-properties tmux sudo git
 apt-get -y install mountall ## nasty nfs bug corrected