diff --git a/infrastructure-playbooks/take-over-existing-cluster.yml b/infrastructure-playbooks/take-over-existing-cluster.yml
index 0dcc1870f..0da650986 100644
--- a/infrastructure-playbooks/take-over-existing-cluster.yml
+++ b/infrastructure-playbooks/take-over-existing-cluster.yml
@@ -34,10 +34,10 @@
   - iscsi-gw
   become: true
 
-  tasks:
-    - include_vars: roles/ceph-defaults/defaults/main.yml
-    - include_vars: group_vars/all.yml
+  roles:
+    - ceph-defaults
 
+  post_tasks:
     - name: get the name of the existing ceph cluster
       shell: |
         basename $(grep --exclude '*.bak' -R fsid /etc/ceph/ | egrep -o '^[^.]*' | head -n 1)