diff --git a/charmhelpers/contrib/openstack/utils.py b/charmhelpers/contrib/openstack/utils.py
index e98be2c55..ee4922455 100644
--- a/charmhelpers/contrib/openstack/utils.py
+++ b/charmhelpers/contrib/openstack/utils.py
@@ -585,7 +585,6 @@ def _do_install():
     return openstack_release().get('OPENSTACK_CODENAME')
 
 
-@cached
 def openstack_release():
     """Return /etc/os-release in a dict."""
     d = {}