diff --git a/roles/elastic-stack/ansible-elasticsearch/tasks/xpack_security.yml b/roles/elastic-stack/ansible-elasticsearch/tasks/xpack_security.yml
index 35f64fae..8cdfdb77 100644
--- a/roles/elastic-stack/ansible-elasticsearch/tasks/xpack_security.yml
+++ b/roles/elastic-stack/ansible-elasticsearch/tasks/xpack_security.yml
@@ -1,12 +1,4 @@
 
-- name: Install unzip dependency.
-  package:
-    name: unzip
-    state: present
-  delegate_to: "127.0.0.1"
-  when:
-    - node_certs_generator
-
 - name: Check if certificate exists locally
   stat:
     path: "{{ node_certs_destination }}/{{ elasticsearch_node_name }}.crt"