diff --git a/ansible/roles/congress/tasks/config.yml b/ansible/roles/congress/tasks/config.yml
index 233c9e54129f11ac58f6fbe51c46e61e1117b6eb..5b490f19b9367f495725a596cd6f8a127eedebe9 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/congress/tasks/config.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/congress/tasks/config.yml
@@ -62,11 +62,6 @@
   notify:
     - "Restart {{ item.key }} container"
 
-- name: Check if policies shall be overwritten
-  local_action: stat path="{{ node_custom_config }}/congress/policy.json"
-  run_once: True
-  register: congress_policy
-
 - name: Copying over existing policy file
   template:
     src: "{{ congress_policy_file_path }}"