diff --git a/playbooks/openshift-apps/cloud-image-uploader.yml b/playbooks/openshift-apps/cloud-image-uploader.yml
index c48b006280..41038f84c7 100644
--- a/playbooks/openshift-apps/cloud-image-uploader.yml
+++ b/playbooks/openshift-apps/cloud-image-uploader.yml
@@ -8,23 +8,6 @@
     - "/srv/private/ansible/vars.yml"
     - /srv/web/infra/ansible/vars/{{ ansible_distribution }}.yml
 
-  tasks:
-  - name: Remove the old queue in RabbitMQ
-    delegate_to: "{{ rabbitmq_server }}"
-    rabbitmq_queue:
-      name: "cloud-image-uploader{{ env_suffix }}"
-      vhost: "{{ vhost }}"
-      auto_delete: no
-      durable: yes
-      message_ttl: "{{ message_ttl }}"
-      max_priority: "{{ max_priority }}"
-      state: absent
-      login_user: admin
-      login_password: "{{ (env == 'production')|ternary(rabbitmq_admin_password_production, rabbitmq_admin_password_staging) }}"
-    tags:
-      - fedora-messaging
-      - rabbitmq_cluster
-
   roles:
   - role: rabbit/queue
     username: "cloud-image-uploader{{ env_suffix }}"