diff --git a/tasks/openstack_hosts_configure_apt.yml b/tasks/openstack_hosts_configure_apt.yml
index d3fdd800..9bed3c6b 100644
--- a/tasks/openstack_hosts_configure_apt.yml
+++ b/tasks/openstack_hosts_configure_apt.yml
@@ -50,11 +50,6 @@
   retries: 5
   delay: 2
 
-- name: Remove any old UCA repository using the old filename
-  file:
-    path: "{{ uca_apt_source_list_filename | default('ubuntu_cloud_archive_canonical_com_ubuntu') }}"
-    state: absent
-
 # When updating the cache in the apt_repository
 # task, and the update fails, a retry does not
 # detect a change the second attempt and therefore