diff --git a/roles/tobiko-devstack/tasks/deploy-requirements.yaml b/roles/tobiko-devstack/tasks/deploy-requirements.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 2b25009c5..000000000
--- a/roles/tobiko-devstack/tasks/deploy-requirements.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
----
-
-- name: "check '{{ requirements_src_dir }}' exists"
-  stat:
-    path: '{{ requirements_src_dir }}'
-  delegate_to: localhost
-  register: check_requirements_src_dir_exists
-
-
-- name: "ensure '{{ devstack_tobiko_dir }}' exists"
-  become: yes
-  become_user: root
-  file:
-    path: '{{ devstack_requirements_dir | realpath }}'
-    state: directory
-    mode: '0755'
-    owner: stack
-    group: stack
-
-
-- name: "copy '{{ requirements_src_dir }}' to '{{ devstack_requirements_dir }}'"
-  become: yes
-  become_user: stack
-  synchronize:
-    group: no
-    owner: no
-    src: "{{ requirements_src_dir | realpath }}/."
-    dest: "{{ devstack_requirements_dir | realpath }}"
-    use_ssh_args: yes
-    recursive: yes
-    rsync_opts:
-      - '--exclude-from={{ tobiko_src_dir | realpath }}/.gitignore'
-  register: copy_requirements_src_dir
-  when: check_requirements_src_dir_exists.stat.isdir | default(False)
diff --git a/roles/tobiko-devstack/tasks/main.yaml b/roles/tobiko-devstack/tasks/main.yaml
index 43491c3e9..b848dd26b 100644
--- a/roles/tobiko-devstack/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/roles/tobiko-devstack/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -4,6 +4,5 @@
 - include_tasks: ensure-stack-user.yaml
 - include_tasks: run-unstack.yaml
 - include_tasks: deploy-devstack.yaml
-- include_tasks: deploy-requirements.yaml
 - include_tasks: deploy-tobiko.yaml
 - include_tasks: run-stack.yaml