diff --git a/roles/ceph-node-exporter/tasks/setup_container.yml b/roles/ceph-node-exporter/tasks/setup_container.yml
index add7d1d7b..2dd4dd100 100644
--- a/roles/ceph-node-exporter/tasks/setup_container.yml
+++ b/roles/ceph-node-exporter/tasks/setup_container.yml
@@ -7,11 +7,6 @@
     group: root
     mode: 0644
 
-- name: add the cfg80211 module
-  modprobe:
-    name: cfg80211
-    state: present
-
 - name: start the node_exporter service
   systemd:
     name: node_exporter