diff --git a/roles/base/meta/main.yml b/roles/base/meta/main.yml
index afa39decb2..1f247e21e5 100644
--- a/roles/base/meta/main.yml
+++ b/roles/base/meta/main.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 ---
 dependencies:
+    - { role: basessh }
     - { role: ntp }
     - { role: dnf-automatic }
diff --git a/roles/base/tasks/main.yml b/roles/base/tasks/main.yml
index caf752ae51..b398126e04 100644
--- a/roles/base/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/base/tasks/main.yml
@@ -104,9 +104,6 @@
   - base
   when: ansible_distribution_major_version|int > 21 and ansible_cmdline.ostree is not defined
 
-- name: Set up SSH
-  include_role: name=basessh
-
 - name: make sure hostname is set right on rhel7 hosts
   hostname: name="{{inventory_hostname}}"