diff --git a/main.tf b/main.tf
index 13f99885f94f2f81807928e0b15cdf8aa42b53f4..1c3b9939547da7ef14e926700a84dc9bd37ca806 100644
--- a/main.tf
+++ b/main.tf
@@ -70,18 +70,6 @@ module "create-ohpc-instance" {
     vol_id = data.openstack_blockstorage_volume_v2.disk.id
 }
 
-# runs the nodes module - creates nodes using variables defined above
-# calls functions from cluster-network and import-keypair modules to get values created there for use
-module "nodes" {
-    internal_subnet_id = "${module.cluster-network.internal_subnet_id}"
-    source = "./nodes"
-    image_compute = var.image_compute
-    flavor = var.flavor
-    key_pair = module.import-keypair.keypair_name
-    compute_node_count = var.compute_node_count
-    internal_network = "${module.cluster-network.internal_network_id}"
-}
-
 # calls the outputs defined in the ohpc-instance module
 output "ohpc-ssh_host" {
     value = module.create-ohpc-instance.ssh_host
@@ -96,7 +84,6 @@ output "xdmod_instance_id" {
 resource "null_resource" "ops" {
   triggers = {
     ohpc_instance = module.create-ohpc-instance.xdmod_instance_id
-    compute_instances = join(",", module.nodes.id)
   }
 
   connection {
@@ -131,8 +118,7 @@ provisioner "remote-exec" {
   # compute node registration on ohpc
   provisioner "remote-exec" {
     inline = [
-     for node, net in module.nodes.network:
-    "ansible-playbook -c local -i /CRI_XCBC/hosts -l `hostname -s` -e  \"{'cod_deploy':'false', 'compute_nodes':[{'name':'${node}', 'ip':'${net[0].fixed_ip_v4}', 'mac':'${net[0].mac}', 'vnfs':'', 'sockets':'1', 'corespersocket':'1'}]}\" /CRI_XCBC/site-ops.yaml -b -v"
+    "ansible-playbook -c local -i /CRI_XCBC/hosts -l `hostname -s` -e \"{'cod_deploy':'false',}\" /CRI_XCBC/site-ops.yaml -b -v"
     ]
   }
 }