diff --git a/roles/ceph-defaults/tasks/facts.yml b/roles/ceph-defaults/tasks/facts.yml
index 0f48c9ebd..9c1e75fc5 100644
--- a/roles/ceph-defaults/tasks/facts.yml
+++ b/roles/ceph-defaults/tasks/facts.yml
@@ -192,3 +192,11 @@
   when:
     - containerized_deployment
     - ceph_docker_image_tag | search("centos") or ceph_docker_image | search("rhceph") or ceph_docker_image_tag | search("fedora")
+
+- name: check if selinux is enabled
+  command: getenforce
+  register: sestatus
+  changed_when: false
+  check_mode: no
+  when:
+    - ansible_os_family == 'RedHat'
diff --git a/roles/ceph-docker-common/tasks/main.yml b/roles/ceph-docker-common/tasks/main.yml
index 9eeb376a2..13ff5270d 100644
--- a/roles/ceph-docker-common/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/ceph-docker-common/tasks/main.yml
@@ -98,8 +98,3 @@
 # # because it creates the directories needed by the latter.
 - name: include dirs_permissions.yml
   include: dirs_permissions.yml
-
-- name: include selinux.yml
-  include: selinux.yml
-  when:
-    - ansible_os_family == 'RedHat'
diff --git a/roles/ceph-docker-common/tasks/selinux.yml b/roles/ceph-docker-common/tasks/selinux.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 1c22d5828..000000000
--- a/roles/ceph-docker-common/tasks/selinux.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
----
-- name: check if selinux is enabled
-  command: getenforce
-  register: sestatus
-  changed_when: false
-  check_mode: no