diff --git a/roles/mysql/tasks/install.yml b/roles/mysql/tasks/install.yml
index 6788c4e9e..eeca41012 100644
--- a/roles/mysql/tasks/install.yml
+++ b/roles/mysql/tasks/install.yml
@@ -42,65 +42,6 @@
 # - include_tasks: fedora.yml
 #   when: ansible_distribution == "Fedora"
 
-
-# 2019-07-03 @jvonau @holta: the next 50 lines (6 stanzas) double MariaDB's
-# default boot timeout (90s to 180s) for slow CPUs like this Ubuntu 18.04.2 VM:
-# https://github.com/iiab/iiab/issues/1802
-# https://mariadb.com/kb/en/library/what-to-do-if-mariadb-doesnt-start/#systemd
-
-- name: Check if /lib/systemd/system/mariadb.service exists
-  stat:
-    path: /lib/systemd/system/mariadb.service
-  register: mariadb_unit_file
-
-- name: Copy pkg's /lib/systemd/system/mariadb.service to /etc/systemd/system/ to be customized (CREATES TIMESTAMPED BACKUPS OF /etc/systemd/system/mariadb.service e.g. IF OPERATOR CUSTOMIZED IT, EVEN DESPITE WARNING BELOW!)
-  copy:
-    force: yes
-    backup: yes
-    src: /lib/systemd/system/mariadb.service
-    dest: /etc/systemd/system/
-  when: mariadb_unit_file.stat.exists
-
-- name: Symlink /etc/systemd/system/mysql.service -> /etc/systemd/system/mariadb.service
-  file:
-    state: link
-    force: yes
-    src: /etc/systemd/system/mariadb.service
-    path: /etc/systemd/system/mysql.service
-  when: mariadb_unit_file.stat.exists
-
-- name: Symlink /etc/systemd/system/mysqld.service -> /etc/systemd/system/mariadb.service
-  file:
-    state: link
-    force: yes
-    src: /etc/systemd/system/mariadb.service
-    path: /etc/systemd/system/mysqld.service
-  when: mariadb_unit_file.stat.exists
-
-- name: "WARN OPERATOR: Changes made to /etc/systemd/system/mariadb.service WILL BE LOST whenever 'mysql' playbook is run"
-  lineinfile:
-    path: /etc/systemd/system/mariadb.service
-    insertbefore: BOF    # Beginning of file
-    line: "# WARNING: CHANGES TO THIS FILE WILL BE REGULARLY *OVERWRITTEN* BY:\n# /opt/iiab/iiab/roles/mysql/tasks/main.yml\n"
-  when: mariadb_unit_file.stat.exists
-
-- name: Set systemd boot timeout to 180 seconds for slow machines, in /etc/systemd/system/mariadb.service
-  lineinfile:
-    path: /etc/systemd/system/mariadb.service
-    insertafter: '^\[Service\]$'
-    regexp: "^TimeoutStartSec="
-    line: "\n# 2019-07-03: @jvonau @holta doubled MariaDB's default boot timeout, from\n# 90 seconds to 180 seconds, for slow machines like this Ubuntu 18.04.2 VM:\n# https://github.com/iiab/iiab/issues/1802\n# https://mariadb.com/kb/en/library/what-to-do-if-mariadb-doesnt-start/#systemd\nTimeoutStartSec=180\n"
-    # If the line above were to be run repeatedly (never happens here!) Ansible
-    # would pollute MariaDB's systemd unit file.  As multi-line regexp's are
-    # not allowed (both regexp's should match, for idempotency).  If nec, use
-    # the 1-liner below, or Ansible's 'blockinfile' which pollutes config files
-    # in its own way...surrounding blocks with marker lines.
-    # line: "TimeoutStartSec=180"
-  when: mariadb_unit_file.stat.exists
-
-
-# 2 STANZAS BELOW...could later be put into setup.yml or config.yml or or provision.yml ?
-
 # Name of MySQL service varies by OS, so hardcoded in /opt/iiab/iiab/vars/<OS>.yml (formerly in roles/0-init/tasks/main.yml)
 - name: Start MySQL systemd service ({{ mysql_service }}) to permit configuration
   systemd: