diff --git a/ansible/roles/gnocchi/tasks/ceph.yml b/ansible/roles/gnocchi/tasks/ceph.yml
index 22f78414f4..babaaf4edc 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/gnocchi/tasks/ceph.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/gnocchi/tasks/ceph.yml
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@
     - "gnocchi-statsd"
 
 - name: Copying over ceph.conf(s)
-  vars:
-    service_name: "{{ item }}"
   merge_configs:
     sources:
       - "{{ role_path }}/../ceph/templates/ceph.conf.j2"