diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0466d43a..48f103d3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -62,14 +62,6 @@ class { 'docker':
 }
 ```
 
-Using a version prior to 17.06, configures and installs from the old repositories:
-
-```puppet
-class { 'docker':
-  version => '1.12.0-0~wheezy',
-}
-```
-
 Docker provides a enterprise addition of the [Docker Engine](https://www.docker.com/enterprise-edition), called Docker EE. To install Docker EE on Debian systems, add the following code to the manifest file:
 
 ```puppet
diff --git a/manifests/repos.pp b/manifests/repos.pp
index b6c6a7a3..c61d2fd5 100644
--- a/manifests/repos.pp
+++ b/manifests/repos.pp
@@ -52,21 +52,12 @@
 
         if $docker::manage_package {
           include apt
-
-          if (versioncmp($facts['facterversion'], '2.4.6') <= 0) {
-            if $facts['os']['name'] == 'Debian' and $facts['os']['lsb']['distcodename'] == 'wheezy' {
-              include apt::backports
-            }
-          } else {
-            if $facts['os']['name'] == 'Debian' and $facts['os']['distro']['codename'] == 'wheezy' {
-              include apt::backports
-            }
-          }
           Exec['apt_update']    -> Package[$docker::prerequired_packages]
           Apt::Source['docker'] -> Package['docker']
         }
       }
     }
+
     'RedHat': {
       if ($docker::manage_package) {
         $baseurl      = $location
@@ -85,6 +76,7 @@
         }
       }
     }
+
     default: {}
   }
 }
diff --git a/spec/shared_examples/repos.rb b/spec/shared_examples/repos.rb
index 8330f8ee..f19cb8b5 100644
--- a/spec/shared_examples/repos.rb
+++ b/spec/shared_examples/repos.rb
@@ -65,12 +65,6 @@
           expect(subject).to contain_class('apt')
         }
 
-        if facts[:os]['name'] == 'Debian' && facts[:os]['distro']['codename'] == 'wheezy'
-          it {
-            expect(subject).to contain_class('apt::backports')
-          }
-        end
-
         it {
           params['prerequired_packages'].each do |package|
             expect(subject).to contain_exec('apt_update').that_comes_before("package[#{package}]")