diff --git a/ansible/roles/mariadb/templates/galera.cnf.j2 b/ansible/roles/mariadb/templates/galera.cnf.j2
index 146b186258..2d2f7b3b3f 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/mariadb/templates/galera.cnf.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/mariadb/templates/galera.cnf.j2
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {%- set wsrep_driver = '/usr/lib/galera/libgalera_smm.so' if kolla_base_distro in ['debian', 'ubuntu'] else '/usr/lib64/galera/libgalera_smm.so' %}
-{% set sst_method = 'mariabackup' if kolla_base_distro in ['debian'] else 'xtrabackup-v2' %}
+{% set sst_method = 'mariabackup' %}
 
 [client]
 default-character-set=utf8