diff --git a/infrastructure-playbooks/rolling_update.yml b/infrastructure-playbooks/rolling_update.yml
index 7c54e530d..459198e54 100644
--- a/infrastructure-playbooks/rolling_update.yml
+++ b/infrastructure-playbooks/rolling_update.yml
@@ -427,12 +427,6 @@
     - import_role:
         name: ceph-osd
 
-    - name: get osd numbers
-      shell: "if [ -d /var/lib/ceph/osd ] ; then ls /var/lib/ceph/osd | sed 's/.*-//' ; fi"
-      register: osd_ids
-      changed_when: false
-      when: not containerized_deployment | bool
-
     - name: start ceph osd
       systemd:
         name: ceph-osd@{{ item }}