diff --git a/openstack-proxy/nodeimage.pkr.hcl b/openstack-proxy/nodeimage.pkr.hcl
index ec858cba09b31c94b82bfb3a18f03834d2c40266..7dbcbbfecf855f4edea749c0c20a974f20fb2c73 100644
--- a/openstack-proxy/nodeimage.pkr.hcl
+++ b/openstack-proxy/nodeimage.pkr.hcl
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ build {
     use_proxy        = false
     user             = var.ssh_username
     groups           = ["proxy"]
-    ansible_env_vars = ["ANSIBLE_HOST_KEY_CHECKING=False", "ANSIBLE_RUN_TAGS=var.ANSIBLE_RUN_TAGS"]
+    ansible_env_vars = ["ANSIBLE_HOST_KEY_CHECKING=False"]
     playbook_file    = "./CRI_XCBC/proxy.yaml"
   }
 }
diff --git a/openstack-proxy/variables.pkr.hcl b/openstack-proxy/variables.pkr.hcl
index c57d279418eb6774a3ce5185ae41ad7e1657a081..8e78a5db75195605b72bdcc0a8fc04964ef2b7ff 100644
--- a/openstack-proxy/variables.pkr.hcl
+++ b/openstack-proxy/variables.pkr.hcl
@@ -94,8 +94,3 @@ variable "volume_size" {
   description = "The default volume size for building iamge"
 }
 
-variable "ANSIBLE_RUN_TAGS" {
-  type        = list(string)
-  default     = ["sshpiper"]
-  description = "Run selective roles based on the tags"
-}