diff --git a/playbooks/temp_cloud_instance.yml b/playbooks/temp_cloud_instance.yml
index 57e2679048..3e7f888a77 100644
--- a/playbooks/temp_cloud_instance.yml
+++ b/playbooks/temp_cloud_instance.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
   vars:
     image: "{{ centos70_x86_64 }}"
     instance_type: m1.small
-    image: "{{ centos70_x86_64 }}"
 
   tasks:
   - name: fail when name is not provided
diff --git a/tasks/transient_cloud_new.yml b/tasks/transient_cloud_new.yml
index b9819cd43d..d44b18860b 100644
--- a/tasks/transient_cloud_new.yml
+++ b/tasks/transient_cloud_new.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 - name: spin UP VM using nova_compute
   sudo: False
   local_action:
-      instance_type: "{{ instance_type }}"
       security_groups: web-80-anywhere-transient,web-443-anywhere-transient,ssh-anywhere-transient,default
       nics:
       - net-id: "28db7265-fb78-4937-bfe3-9c8a9b959c30"