diff --git a/roles/syncExports/tasks/addExports.yml b/roles/syncExports/tasks/addExports.yml
index cd9d0cdad39a99f6e42e39784cd92310429ec97d..cd4e0480178d1029d517002e76f4c5d1df44f8a6 100644
--- a/roles/syncExports/tasks/addExports.yml
+++ b/roles/syncExports/tasks/addExports.yml
@@ -22,8 +22,3 @@
   command: sleep 60
   notify: "Reload exports"
 
-- name: "Restart the NFS server"
-  service: "name=nfs state=restarted"
-  delegate_to: "{{ nfs_server }}"
-  run_once: true
-  sudo: true