diff --git a/ansible/group_vars/all/oas.yml b/ansible/group_vars/all/oas.yml
index 95d9797fd922ea4761c52d77619308a15c392302..8d0780eeda10fc27327b0b199381fff5fdb5e236 100644
--- a/ansible/group_vars/all/oas.yml
+++ b/ansible/group_vars/all/oas.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ grafana_admin_password: "{{ lookup('password', '{{ cluster_dir }}/secrets/grafan
 kubernetes_version: "v1.14.3-rancher1-1"
 
 # git repo versions
-git_charts_version: 'HEAD'
 git_local_storage_version: 'HEAD'
 # version of the https://open.greenhost.net/openappstack/nextcloud repo
 git_nextcloud_version: 'd882b6952c32b5cce03e6ad9a534035ce6f01230'
diff --git a/ansible/roles/apps/tasks/init.yml b/ansible/roles/apps/tasks/init.yml
index 4a7ed7210494a6758c69debd2c3d20040c155401..bc6aa8874ec0f1b6b0962393da4a0e9960c6aa54 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/apps/tasks/init.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/apps/tasks/init.yml
@@ -11,15 +11,6 @@
     delete: true
   become: true
 
-- name: Clone charts repo
-  tags:
-    - git
-  git:
-    repo: 'https://open.greenhost.net/openappstack/charts'
-    dest: '{{ data_directory }}/source/repos/charts'
-    version: '{{ git_charts_version }}'
-  become: true
-
 - name: Create OAS namespaces
   tags:
     - kubernetes