diff --git a/roles/slurm-common/tasks/installSlurmFromSource.yml b/roles/slurm-common/tasks/installSlurmFromSource.yml
index c08257b8bbd7772783d049b867a1b940f57198d4..ec9fbe5881b3188383da27589821cde48da977fa 100644
--- a/roles/slurm-common/tasks/installSlurmFromSource.yml
+++ b/roles/slurm-common/tasks/installSlurmFromSource.yml
@@ -36,11 +36,3 @@
 - name: add slurm log rotate config
   template: src=slurmlog.j2 dest=/etc/logrotate.d/slurm mode=644
   sudo: true
-
-- name: add slurm db log rotate config
-  template: src=slurmdblog.j2 dest=/etc/logrotate.d/slurmdb mode=644
-  sudo: true
-  delegate_to: "{{ slurmctrl }}"
-  run_once: true
-
-
diff --git a/roles/slurm-common/templates/slurmdblog.j2 b/roles/slurm-common/templates/slurmdblog.j2
deleted file mode 100644
index f9042d6b392781293a35c0c4d70f09f63813e809..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/roles/slurm-common/templates/slurmdblog.j2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-{{ slurmdbdlog.log }}
-{% endif %}
-{
- compress
- missingok 
- nocopytruncate 
- nocreate 
- nodelaycompress 
- nomail  
- notifempty 
- noolddir 
- rotate 5 
- sharedscripts 
- size=5M 
- create 640 slurm root 
-{% if ansible_os_family == 'RedHat' and ansible_distribution_version >= '7' %}
-  postrotate
-    {{ slurm_dir }}/sbin/slurmdbd flushlogs  1>/dev/null || true
-{% else %}
- postrotate /etc/init.d/slurmdbd reconfig 
-{% endif %}
- endscript
-}
-
diff --git a/roles/slurmdb-config/tasks/main.yml b/roles/slurmdb-config/tasks/main.yml
index aa3323f100099f3037206ab18e3f6afefbb35418..becf45105eff2e253c41da10feb35d8afa05f620 100644
--- a/roles/slurmdb-config/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/slurmdb-config/tasks/main.yml
@@ -32,3 +32,7 @@
   sudo: true
   when: slurm_dir is not defined
 
+- name: add slurm db log rotate config
+  template: src=slurmdblog.j2 dest=/etc/logrotate.d/slurmdb mode=644
+  sudo: true
+