diff --git a/provisioning/group_vars/all/vars.yml b/provisioning/group_vars/all/vars.yml
index ebe41363fae396..9fe6780c2c9cf4 100644
--- a/provisioning/group_vars/all/vars.yml
+++ b/provisioning/group_vars/all/vars.yml
@@ -42,3 +42,5 @@ monit_custom_config_path: "/etc/monit/monitrc.d/"
 monit_host: localhost
 monit_user: monit
 monit_admin_user: admin
+
+mlocate_path: /etc/cron.daily/mlocate
diff --git a/provisioning/roles/server-setup/tasks/crons_setup.yml b/provisioning/roles/server-setup/tasks/crons_setup.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..e68620fee56e73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/provisioning/roles/server-setup/tasks/crons_setup.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+- name: Remove updatedb mlocate cron
+  file: path={{ mlocate_path }} state=absent
+  tags:
+    - remove-mlocate
diff --git a/provisioning/roles/server-setup/tasks/main.yml b/provisioning/roles/server-setup/tasks/main.yml
index b4efb9b2efe9d5..24ba88394006ce 100644
--- a/provisioning/roles/server-setup/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/provisioning/roles/server-setup/tasks/main.yml
@@ -65,3 +65,8 @@
   include: boto_setup.yml
   tags:
     - boto-setup
+
+- name: cron setup tasks
+  include: crons_setup.yml
+  tags:
+    - cron-setup