diff --git a/deployment_scripts/puppet/manifests/pre_deployment.pp b/deployment_scripts/puppet/manifests/pre_deployment.pp
index 9ca8b0b..4658c91 100644
--- a/deployment_scripts/puppet/manifests/pre_deployment.pp
+++ b/deployment_scripts/puppet/manifests/pre_deployment.pp
@@ -21,3 +21,7 @@ package { 'libvirt0' :
 package { 'libvirt-bin' :
   ensure => '1.2.2-0ubuntu13.1.16',
 }
+package { 'networking-plumgrid':
+  ensure   => 'absent',
+  provider => 'pip',
+}