diff --git a/metadata.json b/metadata.json
index 8c0b6d2c..a3171c87 100644
--- a/metadata.json
+++ b/metadata.json
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 {
     "author": "Red Hat and OpenStack Contributors",
     "dependencies": [
-        {
-            "name": "duritong/sysctl",
-            "version_requirement": ">=0.0.1 <1.0.0"
-        },
         {
             "name": "openstack/keystone",
             "version_requirement": ">=20.0.0 <21.0.0"