diff --git a/tools/devcloud/src/deps/boxes/xenbox-build/puppet/modules/devcloudinitial/files/network.conf b/tools/devcloud/src/deps/boxes/xenbox-build/puppet/modules/devcloudinitial/files/network.conf
deleted file mode 100644
index 91dd7437981..00000000000
--- a/tools/devcloud/src/deps/boxes/xenbox-build/puppet/modules/devcloudinitial/files/network.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
-# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-# distributed with this work for additional information
-# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
-# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
-# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
-# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
-# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
-# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
-# specific language governing permissions and limitations
-# under the License.
-bridge
diff --git a/tools/devcloud/src/deps/boxes/xenbox-build/puppet/modules/devcloudinitial/manifests/init.pp b/tools/devcloud/src/deps/boxes/xenbox-build/puppet/modules/devcloudinitial/manifests/init.pp
index ee58a71e837..e1f4c5ac271 100644
--- a/tools/devcloud/src/deps/boxes/xenbox-build/puppet/modules/devcloudinitial/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/tools/devcloud/src/deps/boxes/xenbox-build/puppet/modules/devcloudinitial/manifests/init.pp
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ class devcloudinitial {
   '/etc/xcp/network.conf':
       ensure  => 'file',
       require => Package['xcp-xapi'],
-      source  => 'puppet:///modules/devcloudinitial/network.conf',
+      content => "bridge",
       group   => '0',
       mode    => '0644',
       owner   => '0';