diff --git a/roles/ceph-facts/tasks/facts.yml b/roles/ceph-facts/tasks/facts.yml
index 6753ce1be..2ede2a6f3 100644
--- a/roles/ceph-facts/tasks/facts.yml
+++ b/roles/ceph-facts/tasks/facts.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 - name: set_fact container_binary
   set_fact:
     container_binary: "{{ 'podman' if (podman_binary.stat.exists and ansible_distribution == 'Fedora') or (ansible_os_family == 'RedHat' and ansible_distribution_major_version == '8') else 'docker' }}"
-  when: containerized_deployment
 
 # Set ceph_release to ceph_stable by default
 - name: set_fact ceph_release ceph_stable_release