diff --git a/roles/zabbix/zabbix_agent/tasks/main.yml b/roles/zabbix/zabbix_agent/tasks/main.yml
index 7e3202dbc5..dfbb2ed26a 100644
--- a/roles/zabbix/zabbix_agent/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/zabbix/zabbix_agent/tasks/main.yml
@@ -85,17 +85,6 @@
   tags:
     - zabbix_agent
 
-- name: Set ownership on /var/run/zabbix/
-  ansible.builtin.file:
-    path: /var/run/zabbix/
-    state: directory
-    recurse: yes
-    mode: 0770
-    owner: zabbix
-    group: zabbix
-  tags:
-    - zabbix_agent
-
 - name: Ensuring we have a directory to put zabbix logs
   file:
     state: directory
diff --git a/roles/zabbix/zabbix_server/tasks/install.yml b/roles/zabbix/zabbix_server/tasks/install.yml
index 4025ebeb19..f1b758bbaf 100644
--- a/roles/zabbix/zabbix_server/tasks/install.yml
+++ b/roles/zabbix/zabbix_server/tasks/install.yml
@@ -46,15 +46,6 @@
   tags:
     - zabbix-configuration
 
-- name: Set ownership on /var/run/zabbix/
-  ansible.builtin.file:
-    path: /var/run/zabbix/
-    state: directory
-    recurse: yes
-    mode: 0770
-    owner: zabbix
-    group: zabbix
-
 - name: Set ownership on /etc/zabbix/web/
   ansible.builtin.file:
     path: /etc/zabbix/web