diff --git a/tripleo_ansible/roles/tripleo_ceph_client/tasks/main.yml b/tripleo_ansible/roles/tripleo_ceph_client/tasks/main.yml
index 8b0d4687a..b14ff7843 100644
--- a/tripleo_ansible/roles/tripleo_ceph_client/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tripleo_ansible/roles/tripleo_ceph_client/tasks/main.yml
@@ -14,24 +14,6 @@
 # License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
 # under the License.
 
-
-# "tripleo_ceph_client" will search for and load any operating system variable file
-
-# found within the "vars/" path. If no OS files are found the task will skip.
-- name: Gather variables for each operating system
-  include_vars: "{{ item }}"
-  with_first_found:
-    - skip: true
-      files:
-        - "{{ ansible_facts['distribution'] | lower }}-{{ ansible_facts['distribution_version'] | lower }}.yml"
-        - "{{ ansible_facts['distribution'] | lower }}-{{ ansible_facts['distribution_major_version'] | lower }}.yml"
-        - "{{ ansible_facts['os_family'] | lower }}-{{ ansible_facts['distribution_major_version'] | lower }}.yml"
-        - "{{ ansible_facts['distribution'] | lower }}.yml"
-        - "{{ ansible_facts['os_family'] | lower }}-{{ ansible_facts['distribution_version'].split('.')[0] }}.yml"
-        - "{{ ansible_facts['os_family'] | lower }}.yml"
-  tags:
-    - always
-
 - name: get the list of enabled services on the overcloud
   set_fact:
     tripleo_enabled_services: "{{ enabled_services | default([]) }}"