diff --git a/ansible/roles/cheaha.node/tasks/main.yml b/ansible/roles/cheaha.node/tasks/main.yml
index 9cb3e1b62c5d6fb2ce6675e62c5400b9a6f10777..28f6a9f3cee6db057f1415f7deb52c2fd7dfc936 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/cheaha.node/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/cheaha.node/tasks/main.yml
@@ -66,10 +66,6 @@
       - python3
       - centos-release-openstack-rocky
     state: present
-- name: Install system packages
-  ansible.builtin.yum:
-    name: "{{ lookup('file', '{{ pkg_list_file }}').splitlines() }}"
-    state: present
 - name: Update nsswitch.conf to look for ldap
   ansible.builtin.replace:
     dest: /etc/nsswitch.conf