diff --git a/manifests/wsgi/apache_api.pp b/manifests/wsgi/apache_api.pp
index 19832dc52..3cf0460fd 100644
--- a/manifests/wsgi/apache_api.pp
+++ b/manifests/wsgi/apache_api.pp
@@ -135,11 +135,6 @@ class nova::wsgi::apache_api (
   $ssl_real = pick($ssl, true)
 
   include nova::params
-  include apache
-  include apache::mod::wsgi
-  if $ssl_real {
-    include apache::mod::ssl
-  }
 
   if ! defined(Class[nova::api]) {
     fail('::nova::api class must be declared in composition layer.')
diff --git a/manifests/wsgi/apache_metadata.pp b/manifests/wsgi/apache_metadata.pp
index cbb976900..c55bacc5f 100644
--- a/manifests/wsgi/apache_metadata.pp
+++ b/manifests/wsgi/apache_metadata.pp
@@ -122,11 +122,6 @@ class nova::wsgi::apache_metadata (
   $ssl_real = pick($ssl, true)
 
   include nova::params
-  include apache
-  include apache::mod::wsgi
-  if $ssl_real {
-    include apache::mod::ssl
-  }
 
   nova::generic_service { 'metadata-api':
     service_name   => false,
diff --git a/metadata.json b/metadata.json
index cf1c816c7..18ce43700 100644
--- a/metadata.json
+++ b/metadata.json
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 {
     "author": "Puppet Labs and OpenStack Contributors",
     "dependencies": [
-        {
-            "name": "puppetlabs/apache",
-            "version_requirement": ">=5.0.0"
-        },
         {
             "name": "joshuabaird/ipaclient",
             "version_requirement": ">=2.5.1"
diff --git a/spec/classes/nova_wsgi_apache_api_spec.rb b/spec/classes/nova_wsgi_apache_api_spec.rb
index 3361b335e..d6189107b 100644
--- a/spec/classes/nova_wsgi_apache_api_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/nova_wsgi_apache_api_spec.rb
@@ -14,9 +14,6 @@ describe 'nova::wsgi::apache_api' do
          }"
       end
       it { is_expected.to contain_class('nova::params') }
-      it { is_expected.to contain_class('apache') }
-      it { is_expected.to contain_class('apache::mod::wsgi') }
-      it { is_expected.to contain_class('apache::mod::ssl') }
       it { is_expected.to contain_openstacklib__wsgi__apache('nova_api_wsgi').with(
         :bind_port                   => 8774,
         :group                       => 'nova',
@@ -68,9 +65,6 @@ describe 'nova::wsgi::apache_api' do
       end
 
       it { is_expected.to contain_class('nova::params') }
-      it { is_expected.to contain_class('apache') }
-      it { is_expected.to contain_class('apache::mod::wsgi') }
-      it { is_expected.to_not contain_class('apache::mod::ssl') }
       it { is_expected.to contain_openstacklib__wsgi__apache('nova_api_wsgi').with(
         :bind_host                   => '10.42.51.1',
         :bind_port                   => 12345,
diff --git a/spec/classes/nova_wsgi_apache_metadata_spec.rb b/spec/classes/nova_wsgi_apache_metadata_spec.rb
index 3e334cf74..ec8990e89 100644
--- a/spec/classes/nova_wsgi_apache_metadata_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/nova_wsgi_apache_metadata_spec.rb
@@ -12,9 +12,6 @@ describe 'nova::wsgi::apache_metadata' do
          class { 'nova::metadata': }"
       end
       it { is_expected.to contain_class('nova::params') }
-      it { is_expected.to contain_class('apache') }
-      it { is_expected.to contain_class('apache::mod::wsgi') }
-      it { is_expected.to contain_class('apache::mod::ssl') }
       it { is_expected.to contain_openstacklib__wsgi__apache('nova_metadata_wsgi').with(
         :bind_port                   => 8775,
         :group                       => 'nova',
@@ -64,9 +61,6 @@ describe 'nova::wsgi::apache_metadata' do
       end
 
       it { is_expected.to contain_class('nova::params') }
-      it { is_expected.to contain_class('apache') }
-      it { is_expected.to contain_class('apache::mod::wsgi') }
-      it { is_expected.to_not contain_class('apache::mod::ssl') }
       it { is_expected.to contain_openstacklib__wsgi__apache('nova_metadata_wsgi').with(
         :bind_host                   => '10.42.51.1',
         :bind_port                   => 12345,