diff --git a/manifests/install.pp b/manifests/install.pp
index f08c00a..9ee52c0 100644
--- a/manifests/install.pp
+++ b/manifests/install.pp
@@ -58,16 +58,5 @@
     group   => 'root',
     backup  => true,
     content => template('splunk/opt/splunk/etc/passwd.erb'),
-  } ->
-
-  # recursively copy the contents of the auth dir
-  # This is causing a restart on the second run. - TODO
-  file { "${splunkhome}/etc/auth":
-      mode    => '0600',
-      owner   => 'splunk',
-      group   => 'splunk',
-      recurse => true,
-      purge   => false,
-      source  => 'puppet:///modules/splunk/noarch/opt/splunk/etc/auth',
   }
 }