diff --git a/tasks/init.rb b/tasks/init.rb
index ee141cdb69..5f1bf11e1d 100755
--- a/tasks/init.rb
+++ b/tasks/init.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 def apt_get(action)
   cmd = ['apt-get', action]
   cmd << '-y' if ['upgrade', 'dist-upgrade', 'autoremove'].include?(action)
-  if ['upgrade', 'dist-upgrade'].include?(action)
+  if ['upgrade', 'dist-upgrade', 'autoremove'].include?(action)
     ENV['DEBIAN_FRONTEND'] = 'noninteractive'
     cmd << '-o'
     cmd << 'Dpkg::Options="--force-confdef"'