diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/remove-proxy-no-cache-9b514030c87e7d1b.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/remove-proxy-no-cache-9b514030c87e7d1b.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c2ab6372
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/remove-proxy-no-cache-9b514030c87e7d1b.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+---
+other:
+  - |
+    Code which added 'Acquire::http:No-Cache true' to the host and container
+    apt preferences when http proxy environment variables were set has been
+    removed. This setting is only required when working around issues
+    introduced by badly configured http proxies. In some cases proxies can
+    improperly cache the apt Releases and Packages files leading to package
+    installation errors. If a deployment is behind a badly configured proxy,
+    the deployer can add the necessary apt config fragment as part of host
+    provisioning. OSA will replicate that config into any containers that
+    are created. This setting can be removed from existing deployments if
+    required by manually deleting the file
+    ``/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/00apt-no-cache`` from all host and containers.
diff --git a/tasks/configure_metal_hosts.yml b/tasks/configure_metal_hosts.yml
index c3cc3684..d54c615e 100644
--- a/tasks/configure_metal_hosts.yml
+++ b/tasks/configure_metal_hosts.yml
@@ -22,21 +22,6 @@
   when:
     - ansible_kernel | version_compare(openstack_host_required_kernel, '<')
 
-- name: Disable cache for apt update for hosts
-  copy:
-    content: |
-      Acquire::http::No-Cache true;
-    dest: "/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/00apt-no-cache"
-  tags:
-    openstack_hosts-config
-  when:
-    - ansible_pkg_mgr == 'apt'
-    - >
-      global_environment_variables.http_proxy is defined or
-      global_environment_variables.HTTP_PROXY is defined or
-      global_environment_variables.https_proxy is defined or
-      global_environment_variables.HTTPS_PROXY is defined
-
 - name: Install distro packages for bare metal nodes
   package:
     name: "{{ openstack_host_metal_distro_packages }}"