diff --git a/metadata.rb b/metadata.rb
index 76a044b..6678d87 100644
--- a/metadata.rb
+++ b/metadata.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 maintainer_email "larry@L2G.to"
 license          "Apache 2.0"
 description      "Configure the system timezone on *ix systems"
-version          "0.2.9992"
+version          "0.2.9993"
 
 replaces         "timezone"
 
diff --git a/recipes/debian.rb b/recipes/debian.rb
index aaff585..5aeb16c 100644
--- a/recipes/debian.rb
+++ b/recipes/debian.rb
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@
 
 TIMEZONE_FILE = '/etc/timezone'
 
+file '/etc/localtime' do
+      action :delete
+end
+
 template TIMEZONE_FILE do
   source "timezone.conf.erb"
   owner 'root'