diff --git a/roles/database_backup/database_backup-mysql/tasks/cleanup-rolling.yml b/roles/database_backup/database_backup-mysql/tasks/cleanup-rolling.yml
index 374e65ca..6d132cd5 100644
--- a/roles/database_backup/database_backup-mysql/tasks/cleanup-rolling.yml
+++ b/roles/database_backup/database_backup-mysql/tasks/cleanup-rolling.yml
@@ -8,3 +8,5 @@
     login_password: "{{ _mysql_password }}"
   with_sequence: start={{ [previous_build_number | int - cleanup_history_depth, 0] | max }}  end={{ [previous_build_number | int - mysql_backup.keep, 0] | max }}
   run_once: true
+  when:
+    - database.is_replica is not defined
diff --git a/roles/database_backup/database_backup-mysql/tasks/deploy-dump.yml b/roles/database_backup/database_backup-mysql/tasks/deploy-dump.yml
index 49bda27e..32108e0a 100644
--- a/roles/database_backup/database_backup-mysql/tasks/deploy-dump.yml
+++ b/roles/database_backup/database_backup-mysql/tasks/deploy-dump.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@
     login_host: "{{ _mysql_host }}"
     login_user: "{{ _mysql_user }}"
     login_password: "{{ _mysql_password }}"
-  when: previous_build_number == 0 or _build_db_status.rc == 1
+  when:
+    - previous_build_number == 0 or _build_db_status.rc == 1
+    - database.is_replica is not defined
   run_once: true
 
 - name: Ensure the dump directory exists.
diff --git a/roles/database_backup/database_backup-mysql/tasks/deploy-none.yml b/roles/database_backup/database_backup-mysql/tasks/deploy-none.yml
index aa8c7317..fadc79bb 100644
--- a/roles/database_backup/database_backup-mysql/tasks/deploy-none.yml
+++ b/roles/database_backup/database_backup-mysql/tasks/deploy-none.yml
@@ -4,13 +4,6 @@
 - ansible.builtin.set_fact:
     _mysql_previous_build_database_name: "{{ database.database }}"
 
-- name: Pause to allow replication to catch up.
-  ansible.builtin.pause:
-    seconds: "{{ database.pause_seconds }}"
-  when:
-    - database.is_replica is defined
-    - database.is_replica
-
 - name: Check if the database exists already.
   ansible.builtin.shell: "set -o pipefail && mysql --defaults-extra-file={{ database.credentials_file }} -e 'SHOW DATABASES;' | grep -w {{ _mysql_build_database_name }}"
   register: _build_db_status
@@ -27,5 +20,7 @@
     login_host: "{{ _mysql_host }}"
     login_user: "{{ _mysql_user }}"
     login_password: "{{ _mysql_password }}"
-  when: previous_build_number == 0 or _build_db_status.rc == 1
+  when:
+    - previous_build_number == 0 or _build_db_status.rc == 1
+    - database.is_replica is not defined
   run_once: true
diff --git a/roles/database_backup/database_backup-mysql/tasks/deploy-rolling.yml b/roles/database_backup/database_backup-mysql/tasks/deploy-rolling.yml
index 30fbaa62..38e82fa4 100644
--- a/roles/database_backup/database_backup-mysql/tasks/deploy-rolling.yml
+++ b/roles/database_backup/database_backup-mysql/tasks/deploy-rolling.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
     config_file: "{{ database.credentials_file }}"
     config_overrides_defaults: true
   run_once: true
+  when:
+    - database.is_replica is not defined
 
 - name: Check if the previous database exists.
   ansible.builtin.shell: "set -o pipefail && mysql --defaults-extra-file={{ database.credentials_file }} -e 'SHOW DATABASES;' | grep -w {{ _mysql_previous_build_database_name }}"
diff --git a/roles/database_backup/database_backup-mysql/tasks/revert-dump.yml b/roles/database_backup/database_backup-mysql/tasks/revert-dump.yml
index 6040c73a..e99a8bda 100644
--- a/roles/database_backup/database_backup-mysql/tasks/revert-dump.yml
+++ b/roles/database_backup/database_backup-mysql/tasks/revert-dump.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@
   args:
     executable: /bin/bash
   run_once: true
-  when: previous_build_number > 0
+  when:
+    - previous_build_number > 0
+    - database.is_replica is not defined
 
 - name: Delete unpacked dump file.
   ansible.builtin.file: