diff --git a/manifests/init.pp b/manifests/init.pp
index 57886d66ec5a657ad54099e6333e82286021ef0c..12c681e49b113d416d7d6fc893c599153847146f 100644
--- a/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/manifests/init.pp
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ 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,
   }