diff --git a/files/apts/n-api b/files/apts/n-api
index ad943ffdf8..0f08daace3 100644
--- a/files/apts/n-api
+++ b/files/apts/n-api
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-gcc  # temporary because this pulls in glance to get the client without running the glance prereqs
 python-dateutil