diff --git a/playbooks/groups/db.aws.yml b/playbooks/groups/db.aws.yml
index 295344f5fd..056b8972e4 100644
--- a/playbooks/groups/db.aws.yml
+++ b/playbooks/groups/db.aws.yml
@@ -32,11 +32,6 @@
    - /srv/web/infra/ansible/vars/global.yml
    - /srv/private/ansible/vars.yml
 
-  tasks:
-  - name: Restart daemon-reload to pick up config changes
-    ansible.builtin.systemd_service:
-      daemon_reload: true
-
 - name: configure server
   hosts: db.stg.aws.fedoraproject.org
   user: root
@@ -55,6 +50,8 @@
           - langpacks-en
           - glibc-all-langpacks
         state: latest
+    - ansible.builtin.systemd_service:
+        daemon_reload: true
 
   roles:
   - base