diff --git a/tools/ansible/roles/dockerfile/files/launch_awx.sh b/tools/ansible/roles/dockerfile/files/launch_awx.sh
index 7b5e86f0bd..cd9f573533 100755
--- a/tools/ansible/roles/dockerfile/files/launch_awx.sh
+++ b/tools/ansible/roles/dockerfile/files/launch_awx.sh
@@ -13,13 +13,6 @@ if [ -n "${AWX_KUBE_DEVEL}" ]; then
     export SDB_NOTIFY_HOST=$MY_POD_IP
 fi
 
-source /etc/tower/conf.d/environment.sh
-
-ANSIBLE_REMOTE_TEMP=/tmp ANSIBLE_LOCAL_TEMP=/tmp ansible -i "127.0.0.1," -c local -v -m wait_for -a "host=$DATABASE_HOST port=$DATABASE_PORT" all
-ANSIBLE_REMOTE_TEMP=/tmp ANSIBLE_LOCAL_TEMP=/tmp ansible -i "127.0.0.1," -c local -v -m postgresql_db --become-user $DATABASE_USER -a "name=$DATABASE_NAME owner=$DATABASE_USER login_user=$DATABASE_USER login_host=$DATABASE_HOST login_password=$DATABASE_PASSWORD port=$DATABASE_PORT" all
-
 awx-manage collectstatic --noinput --clear
 
-unset $(cut -d = -f -1 /etc/tower/conf.d/environment.sh)
-
 supervisord -c /etc/supervisord.conf