diff --git a/roles/base/tasks/main.yml b/roles/base/tasks/main.yml
index 44b5427..3996d8b 100644
--- a/roles/base/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/base/tasks/main.yml
@@ -128,6 +128,12 @@
     state: absent
     virtualenv: "{{venv_py3}}"
 
+- name: clean file-magic pip installation
+  ansible.builtin.pip:
+    name: file-magic
+    state: absent
+    virtualenv: "{{venv_py3}}"
+
 - name: create getpsycopg2 scripts
   ansible.builtin.template:
     src: getpsycopg2.j2