diff --git a/lib/tasks/gitlab/enable_automerge.rake b/lib/tasks/gitlab/enable_automerge.rake
index e92da81021f06a1f3a19daad21994e9fb3740332..a89c6eaa5c41291f2aae66ecb3a1cac289c2d1e4 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/gitlab/enable_automerge.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/gitlab/enable_automerge.rake
@@ -3,11 +3,6 @@ namespace :gitlab do
   task :enable_automerge => :environment do
     warn_user_is_not_gitlab
 
-    puts "Updating repo permissions ..."
-    Gitlab::Gitolite.new.enable_automerge
-    puts "... #{"done".green}"
-    puts ""
-
     print "Creating satellites for ..."
     unless Project.count > 0
       puts "skipping, because you have no projects".magenta