diff --git a/test/integration/roles/setup_postgresql_db/tasks/main.yml b/test/integration/roles/setup_postgresql_db/tasks/main.yml
index 1b3f103961b..91571f49ef2 100644
--- a/test/integration/roles/setup_postgresql_db/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/test/integration/roles/setup_postgresql_db/tasks/main.yml
@@ -52,9 +52,12 @@
   command: /sbin/service postgresql initdb
   when: ansible_os_family == "RedHat" and ansible_distribution_major_version|int <= 6
 
-- name: Iniitalize postgres (upstart)
-  command: /usr/bin/pg_createcluster {{ pg_ver }} main
-  when: ansible_os_family == 'Debian'
+# The package install should initialize a db cluster provided that the old db
+# cluster was entirely removed.  So this shouldn't be needed
+#- name: Iniitalize postgres (upstart)
+#  command: /usr/bin/pg_createcluster {{ pg_ver }} main
+#  ignore_errors: True
+#  when: ansible_os_family == 'Debian'
 
 - name: Copy pg_hba into place
   copy: src=pg_hba.conf dest="{{ pg_hba_location }}" owner="postgres" group="root" mode="0644"