diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index ffae9d4..62f90de 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 ---
 # tasks file for apigee-opdk-setup-os-common-extra
 
+- name: Update EPEL
+  yum:
+    name: "https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-{{ ansible_distribution_major_version }}.noarch.rpm"
+    state: present
+
 - name: Do not use proxy definitions
   include: with_no_proxy.yml
   when: http_proxy is not defined and https_proxy is not defined
diff --git a/tasks/with_proxy.yml b/tasks/with_proxy.yml
index 9d1dd95..4cce07b 100644
--- a/tasks/with_proxy.yml
+++ b/tasks/with_proxy.yml
@@ -1,11 +1,6 @@
 ---
 - block:
 
-  - name: Update EPEL for version 7
-    yum:
-      name: "https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-{{ ansible_distribution_major_version }}.noarch.rpm"
-      state: present
-
   - name: Update troubleshooting OS packages
     become: yes
     yum: