diff --git a/roles/2-common/tasks/packages.yml b/roles/2-common/tasks/packages.yml
index fadfa9a26..31284dc9c 100644
--- a/roles/2-common/tasks/packages.yml
+++ b/roles/2-common/tasks/packages.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 - name: Download & install usbmount, missing from Debian Stretch (debian-9)
   apt:
     deb: "{{ iiab_download_url }}/usbmount_0.0.14.1_all.deb"
-    timeout: "{{ download_timeout }}"
+    #timeout: "{{ download_timeout }}"    # Ansible's apt module doesn't support timeout parameter; that's ok as usbmount_0.0.14.1_all.deb is only 10KB
   when: internet_available and is_debian_9
 
 #- name: Download usbmount -- not in Debian Stretch (debian-9)