diff --git a/playbooks/manual/upgrade/fmn.yml b/playbooks/manual/upgrade/fmn.yml
index c754502128..70e5f22746 100644
--- a/playbooks/manual/upgrade/fmn.yml
+++ b/playbooks/manual/upgrade/fmn.yml
@@ -70,8 +70,6 @@
     command: /usr/bin/alembic -c /usr/share/fmn.lib/alembic.ini upgrade head
     args:
       chdir: /usr/share/fmn.lib/
-    async: 20000
-    poll: 60
 
   - name: And... start the backend again
     service: name="fedmsg-hub" state=started