diff --git a/roles/common/tasks/main.yml b/roles/common/tasks/main.yml
index e67c79d..e6181b5 100644
--- a/roles/common/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/common/tasks/main.yml
@@ -31,16 +31,6 @@
   import_tasks: sshd.yml
   tags: sshd
 
-# this should work on CentOS 7+ and Ubuntu 16.04+
-- block:
-  - name: Create systemd-journald drop-in config directory
-    file: path=/etc/systemd/journald.conf.d owner=root group=root mode=0755 state=directory
-
-  - name: Enable persistent systemd journal
-    copy: src=00-persistent-journal.conf dest=/etc/systemd/journald.conf.d/00-persistent-journal.conf owner=root group=root mode=0644
-  when: ansible_service_mgr == 'systemd'
-  tags: systemd-journald
-
 # containers identify as virtualization hosts, which makes this tricky, because we have actual Debian VM hosts!
 - name: Reconfigure /etc/sysctl.conf
   when: ansible_virtualization_role != 'host'