diff --git a/playbooks/groups/jenkins-cloud.yml b/playbooks/groups/jenkins-cloud.yml
index 2399dbadb8..7c1beeca9c 100644
--- a/playbooks/groups/jenkins-cloud.yml
+++ b/playbooks/groups/jenkins-cloud.yml
@@ -104,8 +104,8 @@
 #  - name: clean any previous plugin deployments
 #    action: file state=absent path=/var/lib/jenkins/plugins
 
-  - name: mkdir dir for jenkins data
-    action: file state=directory path=/var/lib/jenkins/plugins/ owner=jenkins group=jenkins
+#  - name: mkdir dir for jenkins data
+#    action: file state=directory path=/var/lib/jenkins/plugins/ owner=jenkins group=jenkins
 
 #  - name: Download jenkins plugins
 #    get_url: url=https://updates.jenkins-ci.org/download/plugins/{{ item.name }}/{{ item.version }}/{{ item.name }}.hpi