diff --git a/playbooks/groups/db.aws.yml b/playbooks/groups/db.aws.yml
index 056b8972e4..7277c614d1 100644
--- a/playbooks/groups/db.aws.yml
+++ b/playbooks/groups/db.aws.yml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
         daemon_reload: true
 
   roles:
-  - base
+  #- base
   - rkhunter
   - {role: ipa/client, when: env == "staging"}
   - nagios_client