diff --git a/attributes/default.rb b/attributes/default.rb
index 093421ac..062fbb71 100644
--- a/attributes/default.rb
+++ b/attributes/default.rb
@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@
 case node['platform_family']
 when 'debian'
   default['ntp']['service'] = 'ntp'
-  default['ntp']['apparmor_enabled'] = true if File.exist? '/etc/init.d/apparmor'
   default['ntp']['leapfile'] = '/usr/share/zoneinfo/leap-seconds.list'
 when 'rhel', 'fedora', 'amazon'
   default['ntp']['packages'] = %w(ntp ntpdate) if node['platform_version'].to_i >= 7