diff --git a/roles/opendistro/opendistro-elasticsearch/tasks/main.yml b/roles/opendistro/opendistro-elasticsearch/tasks/main.yml
index 7d7a6573..98dd74ef 100644
--- a/roles/opendistro/opendistro-elasticsearch/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/opendistro/opendistro-elasticsearch/tasks/main.yml
@@ -11,17 +11,9 @@
     - import_tasks: Debian.yml
       when: ansible_os_family == 'Debian'
 
-    - name: Check if performance-analyzer is installed
-      become: true
-      command: ./elasticsearch-plugin list | grep 'opendistro-performance-analyzer'
-      register: elasticsearch_performance
-      args:
-        chdir: /usr/share/elasticsearch/bin/
-
     - name: Remove performance analyzer plugin from elasticsearch
       become: true
       command: ./elasticsearch-plugin remove opendistro-performance-analyzer
-      when: elasticsearch_performance == 'opendistro-performance-analyzer'
       ignore_errors: true
       args:
         chdir: /usr/share/elasticsearch/bin/