diff --git a/roles/osm/tasks/main.yml b/roles/osm/tasks/main.yml
index fa254d3d9..db2163081 100644
--- a/roles/osm/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/osm/tasks/main.yml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
   pip: name={{ item }}
        virtualenv={{ osm_venv }}
        virtualenv_site_packages=no
-       extra_args="--disable-pip-version-check --no-cache-dir"
+       extra_args="--no-cache-dir"
   with_items:
     - MarkupSafe
     - pytz