diff --git a/tasks/ckan-plugins.yml b/tasks/ckan-plugins.yml
index 9aa50b0..dc71712 100644
--- a/tasks/ckan-plugins.yml
+++ b/tasks/ckan-plugins.yml
@@ -6,10 +6,6 @@
   tags: [ 'ckan', 'geonetwork', 'ckan_plugins', 'ckan_pip_deps' ]
 
 - block:
-    - name: Upgrade pip inside the virtualenv
-      pip: name=pip virtualenv={{ ckan_virtenv }} state=latest
-      tags: [ 'ckan', 'geonetwork', 'ckan_plugins', 'ckan_pip_deps' ]
-
     - name: Install some python versioned plugins dependencies inside the CKAN virtualenv
       pip: name={{ item.name }} virtualenv={{ ckan_virtenv }} version={{ item.version }} state={{ item.state }}
       with_items: '{{ ckan_pip_versioned_dependencies }}'