diff --git a/tasks/horizon_install.yml b/tasks/horizon_install.yml
index b9737aa6..73412dc7 100644
--- a/tasks/horizon_install.yml
+++ b/tasks/horizon_install.yml
@@ -44,15 +44,6 @@
     - { src: "/var/log/httpd", dest: "/var/log/apache2" }
   when: ansible_pkg_mgr == 'yum'
 
-# NOTE: The pip_install role configures the RDO repository to be at a higher
-#       priority than EPEL. Packages from RDO will be preferred over EPEL.
-- name: Install EPEL repository
-  yum:
-    name: epel-release
-    state: "{{ horizon_package_state }}"
-  when:
-    - ansible_pkg_mgr == 'yum'
-
 - name: Install distro packages
   package:
     name: "{{ item }}"