diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cc87e5f..5914e6d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ The following cookbooks are dependencies:
 * mysql
 * openssh
 * openstack-common
-* openstack-utils
 * rabbitmq
 * selinux (Fedora)
 
diff --git a/metadata.rb b/metadata.rb
index 3187ff0..25dd9ef 100644
--- a/metadata.rb
+++ b/metadata.rb
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ depends          "glance"
 depends          "keystone"
 depends          "mysql"
 depends          "openssh"
-depends          "openstack-common", ">= 0.1.6"
-depends          "openstack-utils"
+depends          "openstack-common", ">= 0.1.7"
 depends          "rabbitmq"
 depends          "selinux"