diff --git a/tasks/configure.yml b/tasks/configure.yml
index 20d211e8dfdb1985e03a1bc3c636519df959a2b8..461ad50268728054e73d6462301bede365663641 100644
--- a/tasks/configure.yml
+++ b/tasks/configure.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,3 @@
   locale_gen:
     name: '{{ locale }}'
     state: present
-
-- name: generate the locale
-  command: locale-gen