diff --git a/ansible/roles/prechecks/tasks/package_checks.yml b/ansible/roles/prechecks/tasks/package_checks.yml
index 515527a140..4da8264afd 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/prechecks/tasks/package_checks.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/prechecks/tasks/package_checks.yml
@@ -10,10 +10,3 @@
   local_action: fail msg="Current Ansible version {{ ansible_version.full }} is less than {{ ansible_version_min }}"
   run_once: true
   when: ansible_version.full | version_compare(ansible_version_min, '<')
-
-- name: Checking jinja2-py version
-  command: "{{ ansible_python.executable }} -c \"import jinja2; print jinja2.__version__\""
-  register: result
-  changed_when: false
-  failed_when: result | failed or
-               result.stdout | version_compare(jinja2_py_version_min, '<', strict=True)
diff --git a/ansible/roles/prechecks/vars/main.yml b/ansible/roles/prechecks/vars/main.yml
index 027fc3e516..fd2237209d 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/prechecks/vars/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/prechecks/vars/main.yml
@@ -2,4 +2,3 @@
 docker_version_min: '1.10.0'
 docker_py_version_min: '1.6.0'
 ansible_version_min: '2.0.0'
-jinja2_py_version_min: '2.8.0'