diff --git a/playbooks/roles/install-docker/tasks/main.yaml b/playbooks/roles/install-docker/tasks/main.yaml
index 296a1e391a..83e088bf2b 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/install-docker/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/install-docker/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -4,15 +4,6 @@
     state: directory
     path: /etc/docker
 
-- name: Install docker configuration
-  become: yes
-  template:
-    dest: /etc/docker/daemon.json
-    group: root
-    mode: 0644
-    owner: root
-    src: daemon.json.j2
-
 - name: Install docker-ce from upstream
   include: upstream.yaml
   when: use_upstream_docker
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/install-docker/templates/daemon.json.j2 b/playbooks/roles/install-docker/templates/daemon.json.j2
deleted file mode 100644
index 2c63c08510..0000000000
--- a/playbooks/roles/install-docker/templates/daemon.json.j2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-{
-}
diff --git a/testinfra/test_docker.py b/testinfra/test_docker.py
index 1b71579e67..25c09fb1d0 100644
--- a/testinfra/test_docker.py
+++ b/testinfra/test_docker.py
@@ -16,11 +16,6 @@
 testinfra_hosts = ['bionic-docker']
 
 
-def test_docker_config(host):
-    daemon_json = host.file('/etc/docker/daemon.json')
-    assert daemon_json.exists
-
-
 def test_docker_service(host):
     docker = host.service('docker')
     assert docker.is_running