diff --git a/roles/rsyncd/tasks/main.yml b/roles/rsyncd/tasks/main.yml
index c5c0ead7a7..b2f488f172 100644
--- a/roles/rsyncd/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/rsyncd/tasks/main.yml
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@
     - rsyncd.conf.default
   when: "'download' not in group_names"
   notify:
-  - restart xinetd
   - restart daemon
   ignore_errors: true
   tags: