diff --git a/tasks/cloud_setup_basic.yml b/tasks/cloud_setup_basic.yml
index 2dfd4fe7fa..e560e103b9 100644
--- a/tasks/cloud_setup_basic.yml
+++ b/tasks/cloud_setup_basic.yml
@@ -44,11 +44,6 @@
   - ntp
   - config
 
-- name: disable chronyd on el7
-  service: name=chronyd state=stopped enabled=false
-  when: ansible_cmdline.ostree is not defined and ansible_distribution_major_version|int == 7
-  ignore_errors: yes
-
 - name: enable the service
   service: name=ntpd state=running enabled=true
   when: ansible_cmdline.ostree is not defined