diff --git a/infrastructure-playbooks/cephadm-adopt.yml b/infrastructure-playbooks/cephadm-adopt.yml
index 33fd938b4..69a013dbf 100644
--- a/infrastructure-playbooks/cephadm-adopt.yml
+++ b/infrastructure-playbooks/cephadm-adopt.yml
@@ -933,3 +933,22 @@
       changed_when: false
       environment:
         CEPHADM_IMAGE: '{{ ceph_docker_registry }}/{{ ceph_docker_image }}:{{ ceph_docker_image_tag }}'
+
+- name: remove the cephadm script
+  hosts:
+    - "{{ mon_group_name|default('mons') }}"
+    - "{{ osd_group_name|default('osds') }}"
+    - "{{ mds_group_name|default('mdss') }}"
+    - "{{ rgw_group_name|default('rgws') }}"
+    - "{{ mgr_group_name|default('mgrs') }}"
+    - "{{ rbdmirror_group_name|default('rbdmirrors') }}"
+    - "{{ nfs_group_name|default('nfss') }}"
+    - "{{ iscsi_gw_group_name|default('iscsigws') }}"
+    - "{{ grafana_server_group_name|default('grafana-server') }}"
+  become: true
+  gather_facts: false
+  tasks:
+    - name: remove the cephadm script
+      file:
+        path: /usr/sbin/cephadm
+        state: absent