diff --git a/roles/plus-plus-service/tasks/main.yml b/roles/plus-plus-service/tasks/main.yml
index 1fd3dcfc34..84d92b37ac 100644
--- a/roles/plus-plus-service/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/plus-plus-service/tasks/main.yml
@@ -40,10 +40,3 @@
   - config
   notify:
   - reload httpd
-
-- name: start apache service
-  service: name=httpd enabled=yes state=running
-  ignore_errors: true
-  tags:
-  - pps
-  - service