diff --git a/scripts/run-upgrade.sh b/scripts/run-upgrade.sh
index 8eed6633df..0ffcfa7952 100755
--- a/scripts/run-upgrade.sh
+++ b/scripts/run-upgrade.sh
@@ -168,7 +168,6 @@ function main {
     bootstrap_ansible
 
     pushd ${MAIN_PATH}/playbooks
-        RUN_TASKS+=("${SCRIPTS_PATH}/upgrade-utilities/pip-conf-removal.yml")
         RUN_TASKS+=("${SCRIPTS_PATH}/upgrade-utilities/deploy-config-changes.yml")
         # we don't want to trigger container restarts for galera and rabbit
         # but as there will be no hosts available for metal deployments,
diff --git a/scripts/upgrade-utilities/pip-conf-removal.yml b/scripts/upgrade-utilities/pip-conf-removal.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index cd200f2cb9..0000000000
--- a/scripts/upgrade-utilities/pip-conf-removal.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2015, Rackspace US, Inc.
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-- name: Remove pip.conf if found
-  hosts: all
-  gather_facts: true
-  user: root
-  tasks:
-    - name: Remove pip.conf
-      file:
-        path: "{{ ansible_env.HOME }}/.pip/pip.conf"
-        state: "absent"