diff --git a/ohpc-instance/main.tf b/ohpc-instance/main.tf
index 35de51bb8132d6d8985e1c673ea7a2af323f8080..3d89dcc3772f6f41c9ef47614050877646b7ab84 100644
--- a/ohpc-instance/main.tf
+++ b/ohpc-instance/main.tf
@@ -61,13 +61,6 @@ resource "openstack_compute_instance_v2" "ohpc" {
 resource "openstack_compute_floatingip_associate_v2" "ohpc" {
   floating_ip = var.floating_ip_ohpc
   instance_id = openstack_compute_instance_v2.ohpc.id
-
-# defines ssh connection
-  connection {
-    host = format(var.host_prefix,element(split(".", var.floating_ip_ohpc),3,),)
-    user        = var.ohpc_user
-    private_key = file(var.ssh_private_key)
-  }
 }
 
 output "id" {
diff --git a/ood-instance/main.tf b/ood-instance/main.tf
index cbec17f8f363bafc5b5b995eff9c2ae71a071927..0db6ea2ccb413d3773644caa3f4bfd6c652bcb62 100644
--- a/ood-instance/main.tf
+++ b/ood-instance/main.tf
@@ -68,13 +68,6 @@ resource "openstack_compute_instance_v2" "ood" {
 resource "openstack_compute_floatingip_associate_v2" "ood" {
   floating_ip = var.floating_ip_ood
   instance_id = openstack_compute_instance_v2.ood.id
-
-# defines ssh connection
-  connection {
-    host = format(var.host-prefix,element(split(".", var.floating_ip_ood),3,),)
-    user        = var.ood_user
-    private_key = file(var.ssh_private_key)
-  }
 }