diff --git a/recipes/default.rb b/recipes/default.rb
index 43de8be358e77de67866dd26e8a924447ebc17d5..08fa699043898481b4eb040ae7e295ee751e67c1 100644
--- a/recipes/default.rb
+++ b/recipes/default.rb
@@ -23,10 +23,7 @@
 # THE SOFTWARE.
 
 if node['platform_version'] == '16.04'
-	package 'php-xdebug' do
-		version ['2.4.0-1']
-	end
-
+	package 'php-xdebug'
 
 	template '/etc/php/' + node['ubuntu_base']['php_version'] + '/apache2/conf.d/xdebug.ini' do
 		mode '0644'