diff --git a/manifests/db.pp b/manifests/db.pp
index 40928bff..124eca66 100644
--- a/manifests/db.pp
+++ b/manifests/db.pp
@@ -42,17 +42,9 @@ class ceilometer::db (
 
   Ceilometer_config['DEFAULT/database_connection'] ~> Exec['ceilometer-dbsync']
 
-  file { '/usr/bin/ceilometer-dbsync':
-    ensure => present,
-    source => 'puppet:///modules/ceilometer/dbsync',
-    owner  => 'root',
-    group  => 'root',
-    mode   => '0755',
-    before => Exec['ceilometer-dbsync']
-  }
-
   exec { 'ceilometer-dbsync':
     command     => $::ceilometer::params::dbsync_command,
+    path        => '/usr/bin',
     user        => $::ceilometer::params::username,
     refreshonly => true,
     logoutput   => on_failure,