diff --git a/common/tasks/sshd.yml b/common/tasks/sshd.yml
index 8916ec48bee7943700d696207929314ed06fc24e..98a7419eaaa788e4b61c085ddec6dee75924fae5 100644
--- a/common/tasks/sshd.yml
+++ b/common/tasks/sshd.yml
@@ -50,9 +50,3 @@
   tags:
     - ssh
     - packages
-
-- name: ensure we have our known_hosts
-  copy: src="{{ inventory_dir }}/fs_known_hosts" dest=/etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts owner=root group=root mode=0644
-  tags:
-    - ssh
-    - hostkeys