diff --git a/roles/openshift-apps/fedora-coreos-pipeline/defaults/main.yaml b/roles/openshift-apps/fedora-coreos-pipeline/defaults/main.yaml
index 90caadf1e1..ab0ea98f06 100644
--- a/roles/openshift-apps/fedora-coreos-pipeline/defaults/main.yaml
+++ b/roles/openshift-apps/fedora-coreos-pipeline/defaults/main.yaml
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 project_name: fedora-coreos-pipeline
 project_description: Fedora CoreOS Pipeline
-project_service_account: fcos-sa
 appowners: []
 ocp_service_account: root
 project_templates:
   - project.yaml
   - group.yaml
   - rolebinding.yaml
-  - securitycontextconstraints.yaml
diff --git a/roles/openshift-apps/fedora-coreos-pipeline/tasks/main.yaml b/roles/openshift-apps/fedora-coreos-pipeline/tasks/main.yaml
index 9555a260b6..7b460ef135 100644
--- a/roles/openshift-apps/fedora-coreos-pipeline/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/roles/openshift-apps/fedora-coreos-pipeline/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -19,13 +19,3 @@
 - name: oc apply resources
   command: "/root/bin/oc apply -f /root/ocp4/openshift-apps/{{project_name}}/{{ item }}"
   with_items: "{{ project_templates }}"
-
-# create the service account
-- name: create service account
-  command: "/root/bin/oc create sa {{ project_service_account }} -n {{ project_name }}"
-  register: sa_resource_create
-  failed_when: sa_resource_create.stderr != '' and 'already exists' not in sa_resource_create.stderr
-
-# apply the anyuid-setfcap SCC to the service account
-- name: create service account
-  command: "/root/bin/oc adm policy add-scc-to-user anyuid-setfcap -z {{ project_service_account }}"
diff --git a/roles/openshift-apps/fedora-coreos-pipeline/templates/securitycontextconstraints.yaml b/roles/openshift-apps/fedora-coreos-pipeline/templates/securitycontextconstraints.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index a85d3707b9..0000000000
--- a/roles/openshift-apps/fedora-coreos-pipeline/templates/securitycontextconstraints.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-allowHostDirVolumePlugin: false
-allowHostIPC: false
-allowHostNetwork: false
-allowHostPID: false
-allowHostPorts: false
-allowPrivilegeEscalation: true
-allowPrivilegedContainer: false
-allowedCapabilities: null
-apiVersion: security.openshift.io/v1
-defaultAddCapabilities:
-- CAP_SETFCAP
-fsGroup:
-  type: RunAsAny
-groups:
-- system:cluster-admins
-kind: SecurityContextConstraints
-metadata:
-  annotations:
-    kubernetes.io/description: custom scc for anyuid + CAP_SETFCAP defaultAddCapability
-  name: anyuid-setfcap
-priority: 10
-readOnlyRootFilesystem: false
-requiredDropCapabilities:
-- MKNOD
-runAsUser:
-  type: RunAsAny
-seLinuxContext:
-  type: MustRunAs
-supplementalGroups:
-  type: RunAsAny
-volumes:
-- configMap
-- downwardAPI
-- emptyDir
-- persistentVolumeClaim
-- projected
-- secret
-