diff --git a/elements/ironic-agent/package-installs.yaml b/elements/ironic-agent/package-installs.yaml
index 62a691aa4..773798b7e 100644
--- a/elements/ironic-agent/package-installs.yaml
+++ b/elements/ironic-agent/package-installs.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 tgt:
 curl:
-# this one requires workaround with dnf - see 80-ironic-agent for details
 dmidecode:
 ipmitool:
diff --git a/elements/ironic-agent/post-install.d/80-ironic-agent b/elements/ironic-agent/post-install.d/80-ironic-agent
index 9171273f1..5c0ff5780 100755
--- a/elements/ironic-agent/post-install.d/80-ironic-agent
+++ b/elements/ironic-agent/post-install.d/80-ironic-agent
@@ -7,11 +7,6 @@ set -eu
 set -o pipefail
 
 install-packages -e python-dev git cloud-init
-# dnf removes unused dependencies by default. As we installed cloud-init before
-# dmidecode, dnf removes dmidecode above as an unused dependency.
-# TODO(dtantsur): use `dnf mark` from dnf 1.1.1 in install-packages once this
-# command is widely available.
-install-packages dmidecode
 
 rm -rf /tmp/ironic-python-agent