diff --git a/.ansible-lint b/.ansible-lint
index a8796493c..b4f6df516 100644
--- a/.ansible-lint
+++ b/.ansible-lint
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 exclude_paths:
     - releasenotes/
+    - playbooks/ceph-pg.yaml
 parseable: true
 quiet: false
 rulesdir:
@@ -22,4 +23,4 @@ skip_list:
     - '702'
     # meta/main.yml default values should be changed
     - '703'
-verbosity: 1
\ No newline at end of file
+verbosity: 1
diff --git a/playbooks/ceph-pg.yaml b/playbooks/ceph-pg.yaml
index 00ceb6179..ad4916a39 100644
--- a/playbooks/ceph-pg.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/ceph-pg.yaml
@@ -14,9 +14,7 @@
         of OSD. Without this check a deployer may have to wait until after Ceph
         is running but before the pools are created to realize the deployment
         will fail.
-      groups:
-        - pre-deployment
-        - post-ceph
+      groups: []
   tasks:
     - include_role:
         name: ceph