diff --git a/roles/docker-mariadb/tasks/main.yml b/roles/docker-mariadb/tasks/main.yml
index be91377b..702f1aa3 100644
--- a/roles/docker-mariadb/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/docker-mariadb/tasks/main.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
       - name: central_mariadb_network
     volumes:
       - central_mariadb_database:/var/lib/mysql
-      - central_mariadb_socket:/var/run/mysqld
     published_ports:
       - "127.0.0.1:3306:3306" # can be that this will be removed if all applications use sockets
     command: "--transaction-isolation=READ-COMMITTED --binlog-format=ROW" #for nextcloud
diff --git a/templates/docker-compose-volumes-just-database.yml.j2 b/templates/docker-compose-volumes-just-database.yml.j2
index b243fa25..0e80e052 100644
--- a/templates/docker-compose-volumes-just-database.yml.j2
+++ b/templates/docker-compose-volumes-just-database.yml.j2
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 # This needs to be included in docker-compose.yml which just contain a database volume
-#volumes:
 {% if not enable_central_database | bool %}
 volumes:
   database:
-#{% else %}
-#  mariadb_socket:
 {% endif %}
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