diff --git a/puppet/kandra/manifests/app_frontend.pp b/puppet/kandra/manifests/app_frontend.pp
index 44160726a8..ad8e2ff4b8 100644
--- a/puppet/kandra/manifests/app_frontend.pp
+++ b/puppet/kandra/manifests/app_frontend.pp
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ class kandra::app_frontend {
   include zulip::profile::memcached
   include zulip::profile::rabbitmq
   include zulip::postfix_localmail
-  include zulip::static_asset_compiler
   include zulip::hooks::sentry
   include kandra::app_frontend_monitoring