diff --git a/cookbooks/basics/files/default/nginx.repo b/cookbooks/basics/files/default/nginx.repo
deleted file mode 100644
index 3c6aa13..0000000
--- a/cookbooks/basics/files/default/nginx.repo
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-# nginx.repo
-
-[nginx]
-name=nginx repo
-baseurl=http://nginx.org/packages/centos/7/$basearch/
-gpgcheck=0
-enabled=1
diff --git a/cookbooks/basics/recipes/default.rb b/cookbooks/basics/recipes/default.rb
index 6a67b3c..4b7f5fe 100644
--- a/cookbooks/basics/recipes/default.rb
+++ b/cookbooks/basics/recipes/default.rb
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ package 'bash-completion'
 package 'rsyslog'
 package 'tmux'
 
+# enable EPEL repository by default
+package 'epel-release'
+
+# key for our custom repositories
 if node['platform'] == 'centos'
   cookbook_file '/etc/yum.repos.d/softwarepublico.key' do
     owner 'root'
diff --git a/cookbooks/basics/recipes/nginx.rb b/cookbooks/basics/recipes/nginx.rb
index 0268186..078d1d8 100644
--- a/cookbooks/basics/recipes/nginx.rb
+++ b/cookbooks/basics/recipes/nginx.rb
@@ -1,9 +1,3 @@
-cookbook_file '/etc/yum.repos.d/nginx.repo' do
-  owner 'root'
-  group 'root'
-  mode  0644
-end
-
 package 'nginx'
 
 service 'nginx' do
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