Don't make the symlink here since the file won't exist.

playbooks/roles/edx_ansible/tasks/deploy.yml

@@ -33,10 +33,3 @@
     src={{ edx_ansible_code_dir }}/playbooks
     dest={{ COMMON_CFG_DIR }}/playbooks
     state=link
-    
-- name: create symlink for config file
-  file: >
-    src={{ edx_ansible_var_file }}
-    dest={{ COMMON_CFG_DIR }}/{{ edx_ansible_var_file|basename }}
-    state=link
-  when: EDX_ANSIBLE_DUMP_VARS