diff --git a/playbooks/groups/logdetective.yml b/playbooks/groups/logdetective.yml
index 6cd0ba5527..30245f8d0c 100644
--- a/playbooks/groups/logdetective.yml
+++ b/playbooks/groups/logdetective.yml
@@ -29,9 +29,6 @@
     - /srv/private/ansible/vars.yml
     - /srv/web/infra/ansible/vars/{{ ansible_distribution }}.yml
 
-  vars:
-    zabbix_connection: httpapi
-
   handlers:
     - import_tasks: "{{ handlers_path }}/restart_services.yml"
 
diff --git a/roles/base/tasks/main.yml b/roles/base/tasks/main.yml
index ec9d0a5570..d1e747de1c 100644
--- a/roles/base/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/base/tasks/main.yml
@@ -515,6 +515,7 @@
   tags:
     - rsyslogd
     - zabbix_api
+  when: not inventory_hostname.startswith('logdetective')
 
 # Custom selinux policy to allow unix_chkpwd to map PAM database
 - name: Copy over our custom selinux module