diff --git a/apache/package/install.sls b/apache/package/install.sls
index c16ee37..ee0b2f7 100644
--- a/apache/package/install.sls
+++ b/apache/package/install.sls
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 {%- set tplroot = tpldir.split('/')[0] %}
 {%- from tplroot ~ "/map.jinja" import apache with context %}
 
+{#- consider moving this to an optional state or enabling it with a pillar option
     {%- if 'deps' in apache.pkg and apache.pkg.deps and apache.pkg.deps is iterable and apache.pkg.deps is not string %}
 apache-package-install-deps-pkg-installed:
   pkg.installed:
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@ apache-package-install-deps-pkg-installed:
     - require:
       - apache-package-install-pkg-installed
     {%- endif %}
+#}
 
 apache-package-install-pkg-installed:
     {%- if grains.os_family == 'Windows' %}