diff --git a/puppet/environment/docker/modules/mariadb/manifests/client.pp b/puppet/environment/docker/modules/mariadb/manifests/client.pp
deleted file mode 100644
index f8a6fd517..000000000
--- a/puppet/environment/docker/modules/mariadb/manifests/client.pp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-###
-### client.pp, mysql::client: install, and configure mariadb-client.
-###
-class mariadb::client {
-    class { '::mysql::client':
-        package_name => 'mariadb-client',
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/puppet/environment/docker/modules/mariadb/manifests/init.pp b/puppet/environment/docker/modules/mariadb/manifests/init.pp
index 23c811945..9d9902097 100644
--- a/puppet/environment/docker/modules/mariadb/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/puppet/environment/docker/modules/mariadb/manifests/init.pp
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 ) inherits ::mariadb::params {
     class { 'mariadb::dependency': } ->
     class { 'mariadb::server': } ->
-    class { 'mariadb::client': } ->
     class { 'mariadb::bindings': } ->
     Class['mariadb']
 }