diff --git a/manifests/ident.pp b/manifests/ident.pp
index 04af4d22ee7a6df2d65f21130fd82a46109de57f..dfa08e489adc2e5a231e66ce69419cd0630ca3d1 100644
--- a/manifests/ident.pp
+++ b/manifests/ident.pp
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 class irc_bouncer::ident {
-  require ::irc_bouncer::pre
-
   ensure_packages (
     ['oidentd', ],
     { ensure => installed, })
diff --git a/manifests/pre.pp b/manifests/pre.pp
deleted file mode 100644
index 44926441f1266e96079282290003111507e45eff..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/manifests/pre.pp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-class irc_bouncer::pre {
-  # exec { 'stop znc':
-  #   command => '/bin/systemctl stop znc',
-  # } -> Irc_bouncer::Module <| |>
-}
diff --git a/manifests/setup.pp b/manifests/setup.pp
index 5dd737bfc8212080f5456337602b315ecfbdf2ac..858a711305b49a96cf5fbd1740cfdb7921ff1a55 100644
--- a/manifests/setup.pp
+++ b/manifests/setup.pp
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 class irc_bouncer::setup {
-  require ::irc_bouncer::pre
-
   file { [
     '/var/lib/znc',
     '/var/lib/znc/configs',