diff --git a/lib/ansible/callbacks.py b/lib/ansible/callbacks.py
index e9a1b15781..06e5ee1fa5 100755
--- a/lib/ansible/callbacks.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/callbacks.py
@@ -139,10 +139,6 @@ class PlaybookCallbacks(object):
     def __init__(self):
         pass
 
-    # TOOD: -- remove this
-    def set_playbook(self, playbook):
-        self.playbook = playbook
-
     def on_start(self):
         print "\n"
 
diff --git a/lib/ansible/playbook.py b/lib/ansible/playbook.py
index 6f404f39c2..7262aa57e2 100755
--- a/lib/ansible/playbook.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/playbook.py
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ class PlayBook(object):
         self.override_hosts   = override_hosts
         self.stats            = stats
 
-        self.callbacks.set_playbook(self)
         self.basedir = os.path.dirname(playbook)
         self.playbook = self._parse_playbook(playbook)