diff --git a/manifests/default_mods.pp b/manifests/default_mods.pp
index edf18b350d..22ee2c95eb 100644
--- a/manifests/default_mods.pp
+++ b/manifests/default_mods.pp
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@
     include apache::mod::mime
     include apache::mod::negotiation
     include apache::mod::setenvif
-    ::apache::mod { 'auth_basic': }
+    include apache::mod::auth_basic
 
     if versioncmp($apache_version, '2.4') >= 0 {
       # filter is needed by mod_deflate