diff --git a/roles/_meta/controller/meta/main.yml b/roles/_meta/controller/meta/main.yml
index 5eb04377e..a876c8c89 100644
--- a/roles/_meta/controller/meta/main.yml
+++ b/roles/_meta/controller/meta/main.yml
@@ -9,5 +9,3 @@ dependencies:
   - role: debian/gitlab_runner
   - role: debian/sops
   - role: debian/gpg_key
-  - role: debian/pam_ldap
-  - role: debian/pam_linotp
diff --git a/roles/_meta/deploy/meta/main.yml b/roles/_meta/deploy/meta/main.yml
index 9747fd195..cc6ce64c2 100644
--- a/roles/_meta/deploy/meta/main.yml
+++ b/roles/_meta/deploy/meta/main.yml
@@ -9,5 +9,3 @@ dependencies:
   - role: debian/gitlab_runner
   - role: debian/sops
   - role: debian/gpg_key
-  - role: debian/pam_ldap
-  - role: debian/pam_linotp
diff --git a/roles/debian/pam_ldap/tasks/main.yml b/roles/debian/pam_ldap/tasks/main.yml
index c66ba85f7..b2a4de250 100644
--- a/roles/debian/pam_ldap/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/debian/pam_ldap/tasks/main.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@
     state: present
     update_cache: true
 
+- name: Create LDAP config directory.
+  ansible.builtin.file:
+    path: /etc/ldap
+    state: directory
+
 - name: Create certificate directory.
   ansible.builtin.file:
     path: /etc/ldap/ssl