diff --git a/playbooks/roles/mysql/tasks/main.yml b/playbooks/roles/mysql/tasks/main.yml
index 1ffd6df..85cb917 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/mysql/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/mysql/tasks/main.yml
@@ -21,14 +21,6 @@
     repo: 'deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ondrej/mysql-5.6/ubuntu precise main'
     update_cache: yes
 
-- name: look for mysql 5.5
-  shell: dpkg -L mysql-server-5.5
-  ignore_errors: true
-  register: mysql_55_installed
-
-- include: remove_mysql_55.yml
-  when: mysql_55_installed.rc != 1
-
 - name: install mysql 56 and dependencies
   apt: 
     name: "{{ item }}" 
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/mysql/tasks/remove_mysql_55.yml b/playbooks/roles/mysql/tasks/remove_mysql_55.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 7272fba..0000000
--- a/playbooks/roles/mysql/tasks/remove_mysql_55.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
----
-
-#
-# Tasks for fully removing mysql 5.5 from environments
-# conditionally included when 5.5 is installed on the
-# target system
-#
-
-- name: stop mysql
-  service: 
-    name: mysql 
-    state: stopped
-
-- name: remove prior version of mysql
-  apt: 
-    name: "{{ item }}" 
-    state: absent 
-    purge: yes
-  with_items:
-    - mysql-server-5.5
-    - mysql-server  
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