diff --git a/playbooks/roles/mysql/defaults/main.yml b/playbooks/roles/mysql/defaults/main.yml
index 85b19b7..4c5478a 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/mysql/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/mysql/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 ---
-remove_experimental_mysql: false
-
 mysql_debian_pkgs:
-  - "mysql-server-5.6"
+  - software-properties-common
   - python-mysqldb
-  
+  - "mysql-server=5.6.*"
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/mysql/tasks/main.yml b/playbooks/roles/mysql/tasks/main.yml
index a85d928..49f2a0c 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/mysql/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/mysql/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,17 +1,33 @@
 ---
-- name: Look for mysql 5.6
-  shell: "dpkg -s mysql-server"
-  ignore_errors: yes
-  register: mysql_56_installed
-  changed_when: no
+- name: Add MySQL experimental apt key
+  apt_key:
+    id: 4F4EA0AAE5267A6C
+    keyserver: "{{ COMMON_EDX_PPA_KEY_SERVER }}"
+    state: present
+    
+- name: Install apt repository
+  apt_repository:
+    repo: 'deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ondrej/mysql-experimental/ubuntu precise main'
+    update_cache: yes
 
-- fail:
-    msg: "MySQL experimental is already installed, make remove_experimental_mysql: true in defaults/main.yml, if you want to remove it"
-  when: "'5.6.14' in  mysql_56_installed.stdout and not remove_experimental_mysql"
+- name: install mysql 56 and dependencies
+  apt: 
+    name: "{{ item }}" 
+    install_recommends: yes 
+    force: yes 
+    state: present
+  with_items: mysql_debian_pkgs
 
-# remove this, once the new devstack is out
-- include: remove_mysql_experimental.yml
-  when: remove_experimental_mysql
+- name: start mysql
+  service: 
+    name: mysql 
+    state: started
 
-- include: mysql.yml
-  when: (mysql_56_installed.rc == 1) or (remove_experimental_mysql)
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+- name: Ensure Anonymous user(s) does not exist
+  mysql_user: 
+    name: '' 
+    host: "{{ item }}" 
+    state: absent
+  with_items:
+    - localhost
+    - "{{ ansible_hostname }}"
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/mysql/tasks/mysql.yml b/playbooks/roles/mysql/tasks/mysql.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 8ff69a7..0000000
--- a/playbooks/roles/mysql/tasks/mysql.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,66 +0,0 @@
----
-# Here are the few steps that I have performed to get the `debconf` setting information:
-#
-# - downloaded the mysql-apt-repo from the mysql official site(named: mysql-apt-config_0.6.0-1_all.deb)
-# - Find the `debconf` setting information after installing this `deb` package
-# 
-# # debconf-show mysql-apt-config
-# * mysql-apt-config/select-server: mysql-5.6
-#   mysql-apt-config/unsupported-platform: abort
-#   mysql-apt-config/repo-codename: precise
-# * mysql-apt-config/select-product: Apply
-#   mysql-apt-config/select-tools:
-#   mysql-apt-config/repo-distro: ubuntu
-# 
-# - Even to get more information about the `debconf` options of the package:
-# 
-# # debconf-get-selections|grep mysql-apt-config
-# mysql-apt-config  mysql-apt-config/select-server  select  mysql-5.6
-# mysql-apt-config  mysql-apt-config/unsupported-platform select  abort
-# mysql-apt-config  mysql-apt-config/repo-codename  select  precise
-# mysql-apt-config  mysql-apt-config/select-product select  Apply
-# mysql-apt-config  mysql-apt-config/select-tools select
-# mysql-apt-config  mysql-apt-config/repo-distro  select  ubuntu
-# 
-# - After the installation, I have checked the `/etc/apt/sources.list.d` directory and found one file `mysql.list` 
-# with following contents:
-# 
-# deb http://repo.mysql.com/apt/ubuntu/ precise mysql-apt-config
-# deb http://repo.mysql.com/apt/ubuntu/ precise mysql-5.6
-# deb-src http://repo.mysql.com/apt/ubuntu/ precise mysql-5.6
-# 
-#
-# Thought that instead of performing all those steps and get the repo, why not directly use this repo 
-# `deb http://repo.mysql.com/apt/ubuntu/ precise mysql-5.6`, I just picked this line and directly used it and it worked for us. 
-
-- name: Add MySQL community apt key
-  apt_key:
-    id: 8C718D3B5072E1F5
-    keyserver: "{{ COMMON_EDX_PPA_KEY_SERVER }}"
-    state: present
-
-- name: Install MySQL community apt repositories
-  apt_repository:
-    repo: "deb http://repo.mysql.com/apt/ubuntu/ precise mysql-5.6"
-    update_cache: yes
-
-- name: Install mysql-5.6 and dependencies
-  apt: 
-    name: "{{ item }}" 
-    install_recommends: yes
-    state: present
-  with_items: mysql_debian_pkgs
-
-- name: Start mysql
-  service: 
-    name: mysql 
-    state: started
-
-- name: Ensure Anonymous user(s) does not exist
-  mysql_user: 
-    name: '' 
-    host: "{{ item }}" 
-    state: absent
-  with_items:
-    - localhost
-    - "{{ ansible_hostname }}"
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/mysql/tasks/remove_mysql_experimental.yml b/playbooks/roles/mysql/tasks/remove_mysql_experimental.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 2eaceed..0000000
--- a/playbooks/roles/mysql/tasks/remove_mysql_experimental.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
----
-- name: Stop mysql service
-  service: 
-    name: mysql 
-    state: stopped
- 
-- name: Remove experimental version of mysql
-  apt: 
-    name: "{{ item }}" 
-    state: absent 
-    purge: yes
-  with_items:
-    - mysql-server-5.6
-    - mysql-server
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