diff --git a/software/mysql/software.cfg b/software/mysql/software.cfg
index d7ef9807895b238b021206eff609d3983e5d41da..7204bc645856de9650aa44e273df92ada1fb67a9 100644
--- a/software/mysql/software.cfg
+++ b/software/mysql/software.cfg
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ update-command = cd ${:location} && ${git:location}/bin/git pull --quiet
 # - [instance-recipe] needs [slaposcookbook] to be finished
 # - we cannot rely on anything else being executed before [instance-recipe]
 slaposcookbook_dummy = ${slaposcookbook:location}
-[eggs]
 recipe = zc.recipe.egg
 extra-paths +=
   ${slaposcookbook:location}