diff --git a/playbooks/groups/osbs-master.yml b/playbooks/groups/osbs-master.yml
index da6af4a50a..c25e81ba32 100644
--- a/playbooks/groups/osbs-master.yml
+++ b/playbooks/groups/osbs-master.yml
@@ -294,11 +294,6 @@
       notify:
         - buildroot container
 
-    - name: clean up exited containers
-      shell: for i in $(docker ps -a | awk '/Exited/ { print $1 }') ; do docker rm $i; done
-      tags:
-        - cleanup
-
     - name: clean up dangling images
       shell: for i in $(docker images -q -f "dangling=true") ; do docker rmi $i; done
       tags: