diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__consul_template/man.text b/cdist/conf/type/__consul_template/man.text
index 66d04457..9db958eb 100644
--- a/cdist/conf/type/__consul_template/man.text
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__consul_template/man.text
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ batch-size::
 consul::
    the location of the Consul instance to query (may be an IP address or FQDN) with port.
    Defaults to 'localhost:8500'.
-install-to::
-   where to install the binary. Defaults to /usr/local/bin/consul-template
 max-stale::
    the maximum staleness of a query. If specified, Consul will distribute work among all
    servers instead of just the leader.
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__consul_template/manifest b/cdist/conf/type/__consul_template/manifest
index aeee35bf..edeca89c 100755
--- a/cdist/conf/type/__consul_template/manifest
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__consul_template/manifest
@@ -47,9 +47,8 @@ if [ ! -d "$version_dir" ]; then
 fi
 
 state="$(cat "$__object/parameter/state")"
-install_to="$(cat "$__object/parameter/install-to")"
 
-__staged_file "$install_to" \
+__staged_file /usr/local/bin/consul-template \
    --source "$(cat "$version_dir/source")" \
    --cksum "$(cat "$version_dir/cksum")" \
    --fetch-command 'curl -s -L "%s"' \
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__consul_template/parameter/default/install-to b/cdist/conf/type/__consul_template/parameter/default/install-to
deleted file mode 100644
index 8bd33a0a..00000000
--- a/cdist/conf/type/__consul_template/parameter/default/install-to
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-/usr/local/bin/consul-template
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__consul_template/parameter/optional b/cdist/conf/type/__consul_template/parameter/optional
index 73c39582..2848edb9 100644
--- a/cdist/conf/type/__consul_template/parameter/optional
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__consul_template/parameter/optional
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 auth
 batch-size
 consul
-install-to
 max-stale
 retry
 state
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__consul_template/todo b/cdist/conf/type/__consul_template/todo
index c09e09ac..a3786501 100644
--- a/cdist/conf/type/__consul_template/todo
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__consul_template/todo
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
-- add support for --install-to in init-system files/templates
 - add support for latest version 0.7.0
    - config file format has changed