diff --git a/roles/librenms/tasks/main.yml b/roles/librenms/tasks/main.yml
index 351aa1c..610ca3d 100644
--- a/roles/librenms/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/librenms/tasks/main.yml
@@ -32,8 +32,9 @@
 - name: Configure MySQL database
   mysql_db: name={{ librenms_dbname }}
 
-- name: Configure MySQL user
-  mysql_user: name={{ librenms_dbuser }} password={{ librenms_dbpass }} priv={{ librenms_dbname }}.*:ALL state=present
+# FIXME the following statement has broken at some point in time
+#- name: Configure MySQL user
+#  mysql_user: name={{ librenms_dbuser }} password={{ librenms_dbpass }} priv={{ librenms_dbname }}.*:ALL state=present
 
 - name: Ensure librenms user exists
   user: name=librenms groups=www-data createhome=no home=/usr/share/librenms system=yes