diff --git a/tasks/cloud_setup_basic.yml b/tasks/cloud_setup_basic.yml
index c3429aab4a..78cc22076a 100644
--- a/tasks/cloud_setup_basic.yml
+++ b/tasks/cloud_setup_basic.yml
@@ -1,14 +1,4 @@
 ---
-- name: put repos on system
-  action: copy src=$files/common/$item dest=/etc/yum.repos.d/$item
-  with_items:
-  - epel6.repo
-  - rhel6.repo
-  only_if: '$is_rhel'
-  tags:
-  - config
-
-
 - name: update all
   action: command yum -y update
   tags:
@@ -52,6 +42,3 @@
   tags:
   - config
 
-- name: put /dev/vda2 up as /mnt
-  action: mount name=/mnt src=/dev/vda2 fstype=ext3 passno=1 dump=1 state=mounted
-