diff --git a/roles/common/tasks/main.yml b/roles/common/tasks/main.yml
index b6a5e35a4d5917baca3a2e962ed9d2a2a17856da..c11dd914f71bddd616378cd0ea01deb3aa529814 100644
--- a/roles/common/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/common/tasks/main.yml
@@ -135,9 +135,6 @@
 - name: install pacman-contrib,archlinux-contrib
   pacman: name=pacman-contrib,archlinux-contrib state=installed
 
-- name: remove old checkservices copied script (from submodule; archlinux-contrib provides /usr/bin/checkservices)
-  file: path=/usr/local/bin/checkservices state=absent
-
 - name: install custom paccache.service
   copy: src=paccache.service dest=/etc/systemd/system/paccache.service owner=root group=root mode=0644