diff --git a/playbooks/groups/pkgs.yml b/playbooks/groups/pkgs.yml
index 439bea674e..a155ed622e 100644
--- a/playbooks/groups/pkgs.yml
+++ b/playbooks/groups/pkgs.yml
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
   tasks:
   - include: "{{ tasks }}/yumrepos.yml"
   - include: "{{ tasks }}/motd.yml"
-  - include: "{{ tasks }}/drbackupkey.yml"
   - include: "{{ tasks }}/2fa_client.yml"
 
   handlers:
diff --git a/tasks/drbackupkey.yml b/tasks/drbackupkey.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 36cc17d92d..0000000000
--- a/tasks/drbackupkey.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
----
-- name: ensure the drbackup group exists
-  group: name=drbackup state=present
-
-# Do not move the homedir outside of /home, since either this or uid < 1000 is required
-- name: ensure the drbackup user exists
-  user: name=drbackup comment="DR Backup User" group=drbackup shell=/bin/bash home=/home/drbackup
-
-- name: Make sure the drbackup homedir exists
-  file: dest=/home/drbackup/ state=directory owner=drbackup group=drbackup mode=0700
-
-- name: install the authorized SSH key
-  file: dest=/home/drbackup/.ssh/ state=directory owner=drbackup group=drbackup mode=0700
-
-- name: install the backup ssh keys
-  copy: src={{private}}/files/backup.pub dest=/home/drbackup/.ssh/authorized_keys owner=drbackup group=drbackup mode=0600
-
-#
-# deploy the confine-ssh script
-#
-- include: "{{tasks}}/confine_ssh.yml"