diff --git a/site-modules/profile/manifests/swh/deploy/worker/loader_opam.pp b/site-modules/profile/manifests/swh/deploy/worker/loader_opam.pp
index d7820993..9f8ccc51 100644
--- a/site-modules/profile/manifests/swh/deploy/worker/loader_opam.pp
+++ b/site-modules/profile/manifests/swh/deploy/worker/loader_opam.pp
@@ -1,69 +1,60 @@
 # Deployment for opam loader
 class profile::swh::deploy::worker::loader_opam {
   include ::profile::swh::deploy::worker::loader_package
   $private_tmp = lookup('swh::deploy::worker::loader_opam::private_tmp')
 
   $user = lookup('swh::deploy::worker::loader_opam::user')
   $group = lookup('swh::deploy::worker::loader_opam::group')
 
   $packages = ['opam']
   package {$packages:
     ensure => 'present',
   }
 
   ::profile::swh::deploy::worker::instance {'loader_opam':
     ensure      => present,
     private_tmp => $private_tmp,
     sentry_name => 'loader_core',
     require     => [
       Package[$::profile::swh::deploy::loader_package::packages],
       Package[$packages],
     ],
   }
 
   $opam_instances = lookup('swh::deploy::worker::opam::instances')
   $template_path = "profile/swh/deploy/loader_opam"
 
   $opam_root = lookup('swh::deploy::worker::opam::root_directory')
-  file {$opam_root:
-    ensure => 'directory',
-    owner  => $user,
-    group  => $group,
-    recurse => true,
-    mode   => '0644',
-  }
-
   $opam_manage_shared_state = "opam-manage-shared-state"
   $opam_manage_state_script = "/usr/local/bin/${opam_manage_shared_state}.sh"
   file {$opam_manage_state_script:
     ensure => 'file',
     owner  => $user,
     group  => $group,
     mode   => '0755',
     content => template("${template_path}/${opam_manage_shared_state}.sh.erb"),
   }
 
   each ( $opam_instances ) | $instance, $instance_url | {
     $opam_manage_service_name = "${$opam_manage_shared_state}-${instance}"
     $opam_manage_shared_state_timer_name = "${opam_manage_service_name}.timer"
 
     # Templates uses variables
     #  - $user
     #  - $group
     #  - $opam_root
     #  - $opam_manage_service_name
     #  - $command
 
     ::systemd::timer { $opam_manage_shared_state_timer_name:
       timer_content    => template("${template_path}/${opam_manage_shared_state}.timer.erb"),
       service_content  => template("${template_path}/${opam_manage_shared_state}.service.erb"),
       enable           => true,
       require          => [
         Package[$packages],
-        File[$opam_root],
         File[$opam_manage_state_script],
       ],
     }
   }
 
 }