diff --git a/roles/ccsdb/tasks/main.yml b/roles/ccsdb/tasks/main.yml
index f4022a0af6..9502668e9b 100644
--- a/roles/ccsdb/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/ccsdb/tasks/main.yml
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@
     - python-psycopg2
     - libsemanage-python
   when: ansible_distribution_major_version|int < 22
-  tags:
-  - ccsdb
 
 - name: install ccsdb and its dependencies
   dnf: name={{ item }} state=present enablerepo={{ extra_enablerepos }}
@@ -18,16 +16,12 @@
     - python-psycopg2
     - libsemanage-python
   when: ansible_distribution_major_version|int > 21 and ansible_cmdline.ostree is not defined
-  tags:
-  - ccsdb
 
 - name: ensure database is created
   delegate_to: "{{ ccsdb_db_host_machine }}"
   become_user: postgres
   become: true
   postgresql_db: db={{ ccsdb_db_name }}
-  tags:
-  - ccsdb
 
 - name: ensure ccsdb db user has access to database
   delegate_to: "{{ ccsdb_db_host_machine }}"
@@ -37,46 +31,37 @@
                    user={{ ccsdb_db_user }}
                    password={{ ccsdb_db_password }}
                    role_attr_flags=NOSUPERUSER
-  tags:
-  - ccsdb
 
 - name: ensure selinux lets httpd talk to postgres
   seboolean: name=httpd_can_network_connect_db persistent=yes state=yes
-  tags:
-  - ccsdb
+
+- name: create the /etc/ccsdb folder
+  file: state=directory
+               path=/etc/ccsdb
+               owner=root group=root mode=0755
 
 - name: generate ccsdb config
   template: src=ccsdb.cfg dest=/etc/ccsdb/ccsdb.cfg
             owner=root group=root mode=0644
   notify:
     - reload httpd
-  tags:
-  - ccsdb
 
 - name: generate ccsdb apache config
   template: src=ccsdb.conf dest=/etc/httpd/conf.d/ccsdb.conf
             owner=root group=root mode=0644
   notify:
     - reload httpd
-  tags:
-  - ccsdb
 
 - name: create the /usr/share/ccsdb folder
   file: state=directory
                path=/usr/share/ccsdb
                owner=root group=root mode=0755
-  tags:
-  - ccsdb
 
 - name: install the wsgi file
   template: src=ccsdb.wsgi dest=/usr/share/ccsdb/ccsdb.wsgi
             owner=root group=root mode=0644
   notify:
     - reload httpd
-  tags:
-  - ccsdb
 
 - name: initialize execdb database
   shell: ccsdb-cli init_db
-  tags:
-  - ccsdb