diff --git a/omnibus/config/software/cacerts.rb b/omnibus/config/software/cacerts.rb
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-#
-# Copyright 2012-2014 Chef Software, Inc.
-#
-# Licensed 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.
-#
-
-name "cacerts"
-
-# We always pull the latest version,
-# so the hashsum check will break every time the file is updated on the remote
-default_version "latest"
-
-source url: "https://curl.haxx.se/ca/cacert.pem",
-       sha256: "defe310a0184a12e4b1b3d147f1d77395dd7a09e3428373d019bef5d542ceba3"
-
-relative_path "cacerts-#{version}"
-
-build do
-  ship_license "https://www.mozilla.org/media/MPL/2.0/index.815ca599c9df.txt"
-
-  mkdir "#{install_dir}/embedded/ssl/certs"
-
-  copy "#{project_dir}/cacert.pem", "#{install_dir}/embedded/ssl/certs/cacert.pem"
-
-  # Windows does not support symlinks
-  unless windows?
-    link "#{install_dir}/embedded/ssl/certs/cacert.pem", "#{install_dir}/embedded/ssl/cert.pem"
-
-    block { File.chmod(0644, "#{install_dir}/embedded/ssl/certs/cacert.pem") }
-  end
-end