diff --git a/infrastructure-playbooks/rolling_update.yml b/infrastructure-playbooks/rolling_update.yml
index a1ad48530..d32e15df3 100644
--- a/infrastructure-playbooks/rolling_update.yml
+++ b/infrastructure-playbooks/rolling_update.yml
@@ -906,7 +906,6 @@
         - rbd-target-api
         - rbd-target-gw
         - tcmu-runner
-      when: not containerized_deployment | bool
 
     - import_role:
         name: ceph-defaults
@@ -925,18 +924,6 @@
     - import_role:
         name: ceph-iscsi-gw
 
-    - name: start ceph iscsi services
-      systemd:
-        name: '{{ item }}'
-        state: started
-        enabled: yes
-        masked: no
-      with_items:
-        - tcmu-runner
-        - rbd-target-api
-        - rbd-target-gw
-      when: not containerized_deployment | bool
-
 
 - name: upgrade ceph client node
   vars: