diff --git a/roles/garage/tasks/main.yml b/roles/garage/tasks/main.yml
index c592a5da742910efa933405736ac0892e2465162..b083320c792ef4e44c2ca08305be8c32c754ef3a 100644
--- a/roles/garage/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/garage/tasks/main.yml
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
 - stat:
     path: /var/lib/garage/.bootstrapped
   register: garage_bootstrapped
-  when: garage_is_leader
 
 - shell: "in-container s3-storage-http /garage node connect '{{ item }}'"
   loop: "{{ services['s3-storage'].hosts | map('extract', hostvars) | map(attribute='garage_node_id') }}"