diff --git a/playbooks/roles/gerrit/tasks/main.yaml b/playbooks/roles/gerrit/tasks/main.yaml
index 48da488623..99ee7f9b01 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/gerrit/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/gerrit/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -306,15 +306,6 @@
     minute: 17
     hour: 4
 
-- name: Set up cron job to optmize local mirror git repos
-  cron:
-    name: optmize-local-git-repos
-    state: absent
-    user: gerrit2
-    job: 'find /opt/lib/git/ -type d -name "*.git" -print -exec git --git-dir="{}" gc \;'
-    minute: 17
-    hour: 4
-
 - name: Set up cron job to track upstream
   cron:
     name: track-upstream