diff --git a/roles/fedmsg/base/tasks/main.yml b/roles/fedmsg/base/tasks/main.yml
index c809b7b3c0..5ec2aa1ce8 100644
--- a/roles/fedmsg/base/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/fedmsg/base/tasks/main.yml
@@ -191,15 +191,3 @@
   when: nrpe_exists.stdout == "1"
   tags:
   - fedmsg/base
-
-- name: Check if the collectd user exists
-  shell: /usr/bin/getent passwd collectd | /usr/bin/wc -l | tr -d ' '
-  register: collectd_exists
-  tags:
-  - fedmsg/base
-
-- name: Add collectd user to the fedmsg group if it exists
-  user: name=collectd groups=fedmsg append=yes
-  when: collectd_exists.stdout == "1"
-  tags:
-  - fedmsg/base