diff --git a/ansible/roles/iscsi/templates/iscsid.json.j2 b/ansible/roles/iscsi/templates/iscsid.json.j2
index f44cf16c977048e32d1b0e064d29e977b0597dee..cfa4d9f358399134322492e6a0e50934fe9d7953 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/iscsi/templates/iscsid.json.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/iscsi/templates/iscsid.json.j2
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 {
-    "command": "iscsid -d 8 -f --pid=/run/iscsid.pid",
+    "command": "iscsid -d 8 -f",
     "config_files": []
 }
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/bug-1933033-76746d127285cfe8.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/bug-1933033-76746d127285cfe8.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..88e4789ccaa1b2ce1dfcb29e4469c14c4a6f1e6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/bug-1933033-76746d127285cfe8.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - |
+    Fixes ``iscsid`` failing in current CentOS 8 based images due to
+    pid file being needlessly set.
+    `LP#1933033 <https://launchpad.net/bugs/1933033>`__