diff --git a/charmhelpers/contrib/openstack/utils.py b/charmhelpers/contrib/openstack/utils.py
index 47e700e81..3801c3810 100644
--- a/charmhelpers/contrib/openstack/utils.py
+++ b/charmhelpers/contrib/openstack/utils.py
@@ -583,7 +583,6 @@ def _do_install():
     return openstack_release().get('OPENSTACK_CODENAME')
 
 
-@cached
 def openstack_release():
     """Return /etc/os-release in a dict."""
     d = {}