diff --git a/playbooks/groups/proxies.yml b/playbooks/groups/proxies.yml
index 4c5e7d7fdc..ddb3e7b4d8 100644
--- a/playbooks/groups/proxies.yml
+++ b/playbooks/groups/proxies.yml
@@ -40,8 +40,12 @@
   - include: "{{ tasks }}/yumrepos.yml"
   - include: "{{ tasks }}/2fa_client.yml"
   - include: "{{ tasks }}/motd.yml"
-  - include: "{{ tasks }}/apache.yml"
-  - include: "{{ tasks }}/mod_wsgi.yml"
+
+  # You might think we would want these tasks on the proxy nodes, but they
+  # actually deliver a configuration that our proxy-specific roles below then go
+  # and overwrite... so, let's just leave them out.
+  #- include: "{{ tasks }}/apache.yml"
+  #- include: "{{ tasks }}/mod_wsgi.yml"
 
   handlers:
   - include: "{{ handlers }}/restart_services.yml"