diff --git a/manifests/api.pp b/manifests/api.pp
index 0b37a380..5cf5c50b 100644
--- a/manifests/api.pp
+++ b/manifests/api.pp
@@ -486,11 +486,14 @@ deprecated and will be removed in a future release. Use openstack-barbican-api i
       tag        => 'barbican-service',
     }
 
-    file_line { 'Modify bind_port in gunicorn-config.py':
-      path  => '/etc/barbican/gunicorn-config.py',
-      line  => "bind = '${bind_host}:${bind_port}'",
-      match => '.*bind = .*',
-      tag   => 'modify-bind-port',
+    # Debian is using UWSGI, not gunicorn
+    if $::os_package_type != 'debian' {
+      file_line { 'Modify bind_port in gunicorn-config.py':
+        path  => '/etc/barbican/gunicorn-config.py',
+        line  => "bind = '${bind_host}:${bind_port}'",
+        match => '.*bind = .*',
+        tag   => 'modify-bind-port',
+      }
     }
 
   } elsif $service_name == 'httpd' {