diff --git a/main.tf b/main.tf
index 465a01ab7eb88f504b770027049885fbdf6df062..c1ec9f8d1f0a7663c95303930f736a6c73369d47 100644
--- a/main.tf
+++ b/main.tf
@@ -146,14 +146,9 @@ resource "null_resource" "ops" {
   provisioner "remote-exec" {
     inline = [
       "ls -al /CRI_XCBC",
-      "rm -rf /CRI_XCBC/*"
     ]
   }
   # moves CRI_XCBC file into directory made above
-  provisioner "file" {
-    source      = "CRI_XCBC/"
-    destination = "/CRI_XCBC"
-  }
 
   # compute node
   provisioner "remote-exec" {