diff --git a/roles/bodhi2/backend/tasks/main.yml b/roles/bodhi2/backend/tasks/main.yml
index 7e48e2a632..475b6a7864 100644
--- a/roles/bodhi2/backend/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/bodhi2/backend/tasks/main.yml
@@ -342,17 +342,6 @@
   - config
   - bodhi
 
-- name: Install /etc/fedora-messaging directory
-  file:
-    path: /etc/fedora-messaging
-    owner: root
-    group: root
-    mode: 0755
-    state: directory
-  tags:
-  - config
-  - bodhi
-
 - name: Install fedora-messaging config
   template: >
     src="{{  roles_path  }}/bodhi2/base/templates/fedora-messaging.toml.j2"