diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__apt_source/man.text b/cdist/conf/type/__apt_source/man.text
index fe40a91e..03b2b311 100644
--- a/cdist/conf/type/__apt_source/man.text
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__apt_source/man.text
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ distribution::
    the targets /etc/lsb-release
 
 component::
-   space delimited list of components to enable. Defaults to 'main'.
+   space delimited list of components to enable. Defaults to an empty string.
 
 
 BOOLEAN PARAMETERS
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__apt_source/manifest b/cdist/conf/type/__apt_source/manifest
index b4d72a71..0e782716 100755
--- a/cdist/conf/type/__apt_source/manifest
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__apt_source/manifest
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@ fi
 if [ -f "$__object/parameter/component" ]; then
    component="$(cat "$__object/parameter/component")"
 else
-   # FIXME: nead to omit this for http://stat.ethz.ch/CRAN//bin/linux/ubuntu, investigate side-effects
-   #component="main"
    component=""
 fi
 if [ -f "$__object/parameter/arch" ]; then