diff --git a/manifests/init.pp b/manifests/init.pp
index 2a1ff0e7024ce71df53d73bd34f752b75fa0fb71..ae5f965d6cbfb43576927f59e50e1f1dbd203203 100644
--- a/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/manifests/init.pp
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ class aes {
   # Ideally, we would like to know if it is devel or production as well.
   exec { '/usr/bin/touch /var/last_puppet_run' : 
     cwd => "/var",
-    creates => "/var/last_puppet_run",
     user => root,
     group => root,
   }