diff --git a/IM/ansible_utils/ansible_executor_v2.py b/IM/ansible_utils/ansible_executor_v2.py
index 75702d655..b2c5117b3 100644
--- a/IM/ansible_utils/ansible_executor_v2.py
+++ b/IM/ansible_utils/ansible_executor_v2.py
@@ -371,8 +371,6 @@ def run(self):
             for playbook_path in self._playbooks:
                 pb = Playbook.load(
                     playbook_path, variable_manager=self._variable_manager, loader=self._loader)
-                self._inventory.set_playbook_basedir(
-                    os.path.dirname(playbook_path))
 
                 # make sure the tqm has callbacks loaded
                 self._tqm.load_callbacks()