diff --git a/roles/mirrormanager/mirrorlist_proxy/tasks/main.yml b/roles/mirrormanager/mirrorlist_proxy/tasks/main.yml
index 6b4af22718..60c31ba05d 100644
--- a/roles/mirrormanager/mirrorlist_proxy/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/mirrormanager/mirrorlist_proxy/tasks/main.yml
@@ -163,12 +163,3 @@
   register: mirrorlist_cache_status
   tags:
   - mirrorlist_proxy
-
-- name: Deploy mirrorlist data files (if this is a initial install)
-  ansible.builtin.command: "rsync -az --delete-delay --delay-updates --delete /var/lib/mirrormanager/mirrorlist_cache.proto /usr/share/mirrormanager2/country_continent.csv /var/lib/mirrormanager/global_netblocks.txt /var/lib/mirrormanager/i2_netblocks.txt {{ inventory_hostname }}:/srv/mirrorlist/data/mirrorlist1/"
-  become: yes
-  become_user: mirrormanager
-  delegate_to: "mm-backend01.iad2.fedoraproject.org"
-  when: env == "production" and not mirrorlist_cache_status.stat.exists
-  tags:
-  - mirrorlist_proxy