diff --git a/tasks/checks.yml b/tasks/checks.yml
index 9fa61ed5a29afb4e9f8d7a1f4cfe43a402f82dce..328b4dc852a636d2a95387437326747f79e06883 100644
--- a/tasks/checks.yml
+++ b/tasks/checks.yml
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@
     - name: Read package facts when not defined
       ansible.builtin.package_facts:
         manager: apt
-      when: ansible_facts.packages is not defined
 
     - name: The apache2 package is required to be installed for the tasks in this role to run
       ansible.builtin.assert: