diff --git a/zuul.d/base.yaml b/zuul.d/base.yaml
index bee087966..b8750b9fc 100644
--- a/zuul.d/base.yaml
+++ b/zuul.d/base.yaml
@@ -77,8 +77,6 @@
 
 - job:
     name: puppet-openstack-base
-    # NOTE(mwhahaha): needed for zuul-cloner (we should probably remove this usage)
-    parent: legacy-base
     pre-run: playbooks/prepare-node-common.yaml
     abstract: true
     nodeset: ubuntu-bionic