diff --git a/tasks/ceph_auth_extra.yml b/tasks/ceph_auth_extra.yml
index 5f9f5c7..c6e68e3 100644
--- a/tasks/ceph_auth_extra.yml
+++ b/tasks/ceph_auth_extra.yml
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@
     - item.mon_host is defined
     - item.keyring_src is defined
     - item.client_name is defined
-  vars:
-    ansible_python_interpreter: "/usr/bin/python"
 
 - name: Secure extra keyring file permissions
   file:
@@ -43,8 +41,6 @@
   with_items: "{{ ceph_extra_confs }}"
   when:
     - item.keyring_src is defined
-  vars:
-    ansible_python_interpreter: "/usr/bin/python"
 
 - name: Remove temp extra keyring files
   file:
diff --git a/tasks/ceph_auth_extra_compute.yml b/tasks/ceph_auth_extra_compute.yml
index 2ffdb3d..dc8a0c7 100644
--- a/tasks/ceph_auth_extra_compute.yml
+++ b/tasks/ceph_auth_extra_compute.yml
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@
   when:
     - item.mon_host is defined
     - item.client_name is defined
-  vars:
-    ansible_python_interpreter: "/usr/bin/python"
 
 - name: Distribute extra key files
   copy:
@@ -167,7 +165,5 @@
     state: "absent"
   delegate_to: localhost
   with_items: "{{ ceph_extra_confs }}"
-  vars:
-    ansible_python_interpreter: "/usr/bin/python"
   tags:
     - always
diff --git a/tasks/ceph_config_extra.yml b/tasks/ceph_config_extra.yml
index 9e2ab84..3b3708c 100644
--- a/tasks/ceph_config_extra.yml
+++ b/tasks/ceph_config_extra.yml
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@
   when:
     - item.mon_host is defined
     - item.src is defined
-  vars:
-    ansible_python_interpreter: "/usr/bin/python"
 
 - name: Create extra ceph.conf files
   copy: