diff --git a/roles/base/handlers/main.yml b/roles/base/handlers/main.yml
index 0140247adc..bf3b26f2c0 100644
--- a/roles/base/handlers/main.yml
+++ b/roles/base/handlers/main.yml
@@ -9,10 +9,6 @@
 - name: restart iptables
   service: name=iptables state=restarted
 
-- name: restart docker
-  command: systemctl try-restart docker
-  ignore_errors: true
-
 - name: restart ip6tables
   service: name=ip6tables state=restarted
 
diff --git a/roles/base/tasks/main.yml b/roles/base/tasks/main.yml
index 3047168c27..d12244aabb 100644
--- a/roles/base/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/base/tasks/main.yml
@@ -154,7 +154,6 @@
   notify:
   - restart iptables
   - reload libvirtd
-  - restart docker
   tags:
   - iptables
   - config