diff --git a/krebs/5pkgs/cac/default.nix b/krebs/5pkgs/cac/default.nix
index 4d39ce2fb..970cd1993 100644
--- a/krebs/5pkgs/cac/default.nix
+++ b/krebs/5pkgs/cac/default.nix
@@ -11,9 +11,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   phases = [
     "unpackPhase"
+    "patchPhase"
     "installPhase"
   ];
-
+  patches = [ ./disable-tasks.patch ];
   installPhase =
     let
       path = stdenv.lib.makeSearchPath "bin" [
diff --git a/krebs/5pkgs/cac/disable-tasks.patch b/krebs/5pkgs/cac/disable-tasks.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cbff567e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/krebs/5pkgs/cac/disable-tasks.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+--- cac-orig/cac        2016-01-18 17:48:24.492284682 +0100
++++ cac/cac     2016-01-18 17:48:43.529736771 +0100
+@@ -121,7 +121,6 @@
+   for x in \
+       resources \
+       servers \
+-      tasks \
+       templates \
+       # This line intentionally left blank.
+   do