diff --git a/apt/repository/knot-dns.sls b/apt/repository/knot-dns.sls
index e84e45a981ef646a3b6315dc867ac01f67e2c9c3..b9d6ea6b065aede550940b33ca143b9d0df18301 100644
--- a/apt/repository/knot-dns.sls
+++ b/apt/repository/knot-dns.sls
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ knot-dns-deb:
     - key_url: salt://apt/files/keys/knot.gpg
     - require:
       - pkg: python-apt
-      - pkg: apt-transport-https
 
 knot-common:
   pkg.installed:
diff --git a/apt/repository/nodejs.sls b/apt/repository/nodejs.sls
index 4defa9d5fa17a3db7a15f146435c05dd346ce747..bc5af109df3c6813031145d3e13daf4767d7748f 100644
--- a/apt/repository/nodejs.sls
+++ b/apt/repository/nodejs.sls
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ nodejs:
     - require_in:
       - pkg: nodejs
     - require:
-      - pkg: apt-transport-https
       - pkg: python-apt
   pkg.latest:
     - pkgs:
diff --git a/apt/repository/saltstack.sls b/apt/repository/saltstack.sls
index 25501bbf347113f135e29068ee36fa5e87a90880..8c52a6e5e3ad0136fb057dd69bad294b750e2054 100644
--- a/apt/repository/saltstack.sls
+++ b/apt/repository/saltstack.sls
@@ -19,4 +19,3 @@ saltstack-repo:
 {%- endif %}
     - require:
       - pkg: python-apt
-      - pkg: apt-transport-https
diff --git a/apt/repository/yarn.sls b/apt/repository/yarn.sls
index 7536f1d1fc47af2b796ec8d2eb7a3575d5cde63e..a90dd0ef2da350a19b2c931febd54c3dd077e626 100644
--- a/apt/repository/yarn.sls
+++ b/apt/repository/yarn.sls
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ yarn:
     - require_in:
       - pkg: yarn
     - require:
-      - pkg: apt-transport-https
       - pkg: python-apt
   pkg.latest:
     - pkgs:
diff --git a/batman_adv/batctl.sls b/batman_adv/batctl.sls
index d294e0c79ad220d310dc779e76ad35fbe81a18b3..fc285a071d0e3a5d4a8213f79ff9ead4f8cee064 100644
--- a/batman_adv/batctl.sls
+++ b/batman_adv/batctl.sls
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ batctl:
   pkg.installed:
     - fromrepo: sid
     - require:
-      - pkg: apt-transport-https
       - pkgrepo: sid
 
 batctl-apt-pin:
diff --git a/docker/init.sls b/docker/init.sls
index 0af1a0aa502cf6d8855d5448dfe75f5d584bdcbd..d188389f7789cd1ed3260bb5222f3793087e2629 100644
--- a/docker/init.sls
+++ b/docker/init.sls
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ docker:
     - file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list
     - clean_file: True
     - key_url: salt://docker/files/docker.gpg
-    - require:
-      - pkg: apt-transport-https
   pkg.installed:
     - pkgs:
       - docker-ce{% if 'version' in docker %}: {{ docker.version }}{% endif %}
diff --git a/dovecot/dovecot.sls b/dovecot/dovecot.sls
index 7d11a0f296c285e2bb9b5e343750efdce72d312a..16035c70f5e66f563f64ec2ec99c5e5d948be34b 100644
--- a/dovecot/dovecot.sls
+++ b/dovecot/dovecot.sls
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ dovecot-repo:
     - key_url: https://repo.dovecot.org/DOVECOT-REPO-GPG
     - file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/dovecot.list
     - clean_file: true
-    - require:
-      - pkg: apt-transport-https
     - require_in:
       - pkg: dovecot-core
       - pkg: dovecot-packages
diff --git a/gitlab-ci/runner.sls b/gitlab-ci/runner.sls
index 4c0eae5ab2bbccb0581856081345ef056fce7167..fad78a138865cb8f6596fe8c294cd1a6dca8a390 100644
--- a/gitlab-ci/runner.sls
+++ b/gitlab-ci/runner.sls
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ gitlab-runner:
     - name: {{ gitlab_ci.apt_repo }}
     - file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/runner_gitlab-runner.list
     - key_url: salt://gitlab-ci/files/gpgkey
-    - require:
-      - pkg: apt-transport-https
   file.managed:
     - name: /etc/apt/preferences.d/pin-gitlab-runner.pref
     - contents: |
diff --git a/influxdb/init.sls b/influxdb/init.sls
index 2a12f1a1843135a29a0063b28a837df83f4d6723..6165f68e4148ec0495d08dd4d0c53b262f9804bd 100644
--- a/influxdb/init.sls
+++ b/influxdb/init.sls
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ influxdb:
     - key_url: salt://influxdb/files/influxdb.gpg
     - file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/influxdb.list
     - clean_file: True
-    - require:
-      - pkg: apt-transport-https
   pkg.installed:
     - pkgs:
       - influxdb