diff --git a/playbooks/cluster.yml b/playbooks/cluster.yml
index 991ae2312..85a483a3c 100644
--- a/playbooks/cluster.yml
+++ b/playbooks/cluster.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
     - { role: bastion-ssh-config, tags: ["localhost", "bastion"] }
 
 - name: Gather facts
-  tags: always
   import_playbook: facts.yml
 
 - name: Prepare for etcd install
diff --git a/playbooks/scale.yml b/playbooks/scale.yml
index 007a65650..aaa1bf584 100644
--- a/playbooks/scale.yml
+++ b/playbooks/scale.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
     - { role: bastion-ssh-config, tags: ["localhost", "bastion"] }
 
 - name: Gather facts
-  tags: always
   import_playbook: facts.yml
 
 - name: Generate the etcd certificates beforehand
diff --git a/playbooks/upgrade_cluster.yml b/playbooks/upgrade_cluster.yml
index d5469989c..3e2125c83 100644
--- a/playbooks/upgrade_cluster.yml
+++ b/playbooks/upgrade_cluster.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
     - { role: bastion-ssh-config, tags: ["localhost", "bastion"] }
 
 - name: Gather facts
-  tags: always
   import_playbook: facts.yml
 
 - name: Download images to ansible host cache via first kube_control_plane node