diff --git a/roles/mysql/tasks/mysql_server.yml b/roles/mysql/tasks/mysql_server.yml
index 5fb1ce2ec919353890835ce2db9a642bacbb31ae..e87fc42e79587de5bfa9669cd358fe8e112be6e7 100644
--- a/roles/mysql/tasks/mysql_server.yml
+++ b/roles/mysql/tasks/mysql_server.yml
@@ -45,33 +45,13 @@
 
 - name: "Adding root"
   sudo: true
-  mysql_user: name=root host="{{ item }}" password="{{ mysql_root_password }}" login_user=root login_password="{{ mysql_root_password }}" check_implicit_admin=yes priv="*.*:ALL,GRANT"
+  mysql_user: name=root host="{{ item }}" password="{{ mysql_root_password }}" login_user=root login_password="{{ mysql_root_password }}" check_implicit_admin=yes
   with_items:
     - "{{ ansible_hostname }}"
     - 127.0.0.1
     - ::1
     - localhost
 
-- name: Setting mysql global variables
-  mysql_variables: variable={{ item.var }} value={{ item.val }} login_user=root login_password="{{ mysql_root_password }}"
-  with_items:
-    - { var : 'character_set_server', val : 'utf8' }
-    - { var : 'storage_engine', val : 'innodb' }
-    - { var : 'sql_mode', val : 'STRICT_ALL_TABLES' }
-  sudo: true
-  when: ansible_os_family == "RedHat"
-
-- name: "Editing my.cnf"
-  lineinfile: dest=/etc/my.cnf  line="{{ item }}"
-  with_items:
-    - '[client]'
-    - 'default-character-set = utf8'
-    - 'log_warnings = 2'
-    - 'log_error = /var/log/mysql/error.log'
-  sudo: true
-  notify: Restart MySQL
-  when: ansible_os_family == "RedHat"
-
 - name: "Adding user database"
   mysql_db: name={{ mysql_user_db_name }} state=present login_user=root login_password={{ mysql_root_password }}