diff --git a/playbooks/roles/ceph_client/tasks/ceph_auth.yml b/playbooks/roles/ceph_client/tasks/ceph_auth.yml
index f6cfea3a68..f54b55fd6e 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/ceph_client/tasks/ceph_auth.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/ceph_client/tasks/ceph_auth.yml
@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@
 - name: Retrieve nova secret from cephcluster
   command: ceph auth get-key client.{{ nova_ceph_client }}
   when: inventory_hostname in groups.nova_compute
-  register: ceph_client_nova_secret
   always_run:   true
   changed_when: false
   failed_when:  false