diff --git a/roles/ceph-mon/tasks/docker/create_configs.yml b/roles/ceph-mon/tasks/docker/create_configs.yml
index 29cbe12d8..ec293db4b 100644
--- a/roles/ceph-mon/tasks/docker/create_configs.yml
+++ b/roles/ceph-mon/tasks/docker/create_configs.yml
@@ -1,12 +1,4 @@
 ---
-- name: create ceph conf directory
-  file:
-      path: /etc/ceph
-      state: directory
-      owner: root
-      group: root
-      mode: 0644
-
 - name: generate ceph configuration file
   action: config_template
   args: