diff --git a/R/needs.R b/R/needs.R
index be28c66..0fdd85f 100644
--- a/R/needs.R
+++ b/R/needs.R
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ needs <- function(..., .printConflicts = F) {
         missing <- pkgs[!loaded]
         cat("installing packages:\n")
         cat(missing, sep = "\n")
-        utils::install.packages(missing, repos = "http://cran.rstudio.com/",
+        utils::install.packages(missing,
                                 quiet = T)
       }
       # attach packages
diff --git a/needs.R b/needs.R
index b749581..279a420 100644
--- a/needs.R
+++ b/needs.R
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ tryCatch(needs(), error = function(e) {
                 missing <- pkgs[!loaded]
                 cat("installing packages:n")
                 cat(missing, sep = "n")
-                utils::install.packages(missing, repos = "http://cran.rstudio.com/", 
+                utils::install.packages(missing,
                   quiet = T)
             }
             suppressWarnings(suppressMessages(sapply(pkgs, library,