diff --git a/playbooks/openshift-apps/maubot.yml b/playbooks/openshift-apps/maubot.yml
index 1fb0c8b606..dcd426c8c7 100644
--- a/playbooks/openshift-apps/maubot.yml
+++ b/playbooks/openshift-apps/maubot.yml
@@ -112,13 +112,6 @@
     objectname: deploymentconfig.yml
     when: env == "production"
 
-  - role: openshift/object-delete
-    app: maubot
-    file: deploymentconfig.yml
-    objectname: deploymentconfig.yml
-    objecttype: DeploymentConfig
-    when: env != "production"
-
   - role: openshift/object
     app: maubot
     file: deployment.yml