diff --git a/roles/collectd/server/tasks/main.yml b/roles/collectd/server/tasks/main.yml
index 9b89786031..5edb85f95b 100644
--- a/roles/collectd/server/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/collectd/server/tasks/main.yml
@@ -67,13 +67,6 @@
   - config
   - collectd/server
 
-# create a link from /var/lib/collectd to /var/log/collectd
-- name: create link from /var/lib/collectd to /var/log/collectd
-  file: state=link src=/var/log/collectd dest=/var/lib/collectd
-  tags:
-  - config
-  - collectd/server
-
 # push our custom config file for the graph CGIs
 - name: push the collection.conf file
   copy: