diff --git a/src/roles/mediawiki/tasks/main.yml b/src/roles/mediawiki/tasks/main.yml
index 63558688d..a977ffcba 100644
--- a/src/roles/mediawiki/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/src/roles/mediawiki/tasks/main.yml
@@ -77,43 +77,9 @@
           ignoreSubmodules = all
 
 #
-# SKINS
-#
-# FIXME #819: Add skins in Meza(Core|Local)Extensions.yml
-- name: Ensure Vector skin installed
-  become: yes
-  become_user: "meza-ansible"
-  git:
-    repo: https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/p/mediawiki/core.git
-    dest: "{{ m_mediawiki }}"
-    version: "{{ mediawiki_version }}"
-    track_submodules: no
-    recursive: no
-    umask: "0002"
-  tags:
-    - latest
-    - mediawiki-core
-- name: Ensure MediaWiki core ignores submodules
-  blockinfile:
-    path: "{{ m_mediawiki }}/.git/config"
-    block: |
-      [diff]
-          ignoreSubmodules = all
-  tags:
-    - mediawiki-core
-
-# create symlink to core for short urls
-# tag it latest, so that the symlink gets created whenever core is downloaded
-- name: Create symlink to core, to enable short urls
-  file:
-    src: "{{ m_mediawiki }}"
-    dest: "{{ m_htdocs }}/w"
-    state: link
-  tags:
-    - latest
-#
 # EXTENSIONS AND SKINS
 #
+# Allow adding core and additional Mediawiki skins. (#997)
 - name: Set variable holding list of core skins
   include_vars:
     file: "{{ m_config_core }}/MezaCoreSkins.yml"