diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index 9ec8c31..5efad0a 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@
     - ensure_mariadb is defined
     - ensure_mariadb.package_list is defined
     - ensure_mariadb.package_list is iterable
-    - packages[item.name] is not defined
   ansible.builtin.package:
     name: '{{ item.name }}'
     state: '{{ item.state }}'