diff --git a/roles/mysql/tasks/mysql_server.yml b/roles/mysql/tasks/mysql_server.yml
index 4dd030c3c7502c5c15baee6ee21353551c689a90..5ad085830619f71689d367cf48f9d8bc230e0df0 100644
--- a/roles/mysql/tasks/mysql_server.yml
+++ b/roles/mysql/tasks/mysql_server.yml
@@ -16,11 +16,6 @@
   become: true
   register: mysqldb_confdir_create
 
-- name: make sure mysql conf directory exists
-  file: dest=/etc/mysql/conf.d state=directory
-  become: true
-  register: mysqldb_confdir_create
-
 - name: "Starting MySQL"
   service: name={{ sqlServiceName }} state=started enabled=true
   become: true