diff --git a/roles/php_website/tasks/main.yml b/roles/php_website/tasks/main.yml
index 00a9dac0ca845ce689ae688cf7afee5e96d14129..4fdb2e6a18df5d3381f80d4fe710ade196e03975 100644
--- a/roles/php_website/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/php_website/tasks/main.yml
@@ -62,13 +62,6 @@
     name: "{{ packages }}"
     state: present
 
-- name: Set-up MariaDB mysql_config symbolic link for compatibility on Jessie (workaround for Debian bug 766996)
-  file:
-    src: "/usr/bin/mariadb_config"
-    dest: "/usr/bin/mysql_config"
-    state: link
-  when: "'libmariadb-client-lgpl-dev-compat' in packages and ansible_distribution_release == 'jessie'"
-
 - name: Deploy PHP FPM configuration file for website
   template:
     src: "fpm_site.conf.j2"