diff --git a/roles/aws_common/tasks/write-tags.yml b/roles/aws_common/tasks/write-tags.yml
index 63954cc..243d338 100644
--- a/roles/aws_common/tasks/write-tags.yml
+++ b/roles/aws_common/tasks/write-tags.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 ---
 
-- name: Fetch local EC2 metadata
-  ec2_metadata_facts:
-
 - name: Retrieve all available EC2 tags
   ec2_tag:
     region: "{{ ansible_ec2_placement_region }}"