diff --git a/playbooks/manage-projects.yaml b/playbooks/manage-projects.yaml
index 52849d08aa..558f2cfd21 100644
--- a/playbooks/manage-projects.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/manage-projects.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 - hosts: "gitea:!disabled"
   name: "Create repos on gitea servers"
-  strategy: free
-  max_fail_percentage: 1
   roles:
     - gitea-git-repos
 
diff --git a/playbooks/sync-gitea-projects.yaml b/playbooks/sync-gitea-projects.yaml
index 484826c588..bf2e00c703 100644
--- a/playbooks/sync-gitea-projects.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/sync-gitea-projects.yaml
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@
 
 - hosts: "gitea:!disabled"
   name: "Create repos on gitea servers"
-  strategy: free
-  max_fail_percentage: 1
   roles:
     - role: gitea-git-repos
       gitea_always_update: true