diff --git a/playbooks/openshift-apps/mdapi.yml b/playbooks/openshift-apps/mdapi.yml
index ee7e009f08..101c774194 100644
--- a/playbooks/openshift-apps/mdapi.yml
+++ b/playbooks/openshift-apps/mdapi.yml
@@ -36,11 +36,6 @@
     object_file: storage.yml
     object_objectname: storage.yml
 
-  - role: openshift/object
-    object_app: mdapi
-    object_template: configmap.yml.j2
-    object_objectname: configmap.yml
-
   - role: openshift/secret-file
     secret_file_app: mdapi
     secret_file_secret_name: mdapi-fedora-messaging-key