diff --git a/roles/bkernel/tasks/main.yml b/roles/bkernel/tasks/main.yml
index 79592c1079..50953d11e9 100644
--- a/roles/bkernel/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/bkernel/tasks/main.yml
@@ -47,8 +47,3 @@
   copy: src=bkernel-site-defaults.cfg dest=/etc/mock/site-defaults.cfg mode=0644 owner=root group=mock
   tags:
   - bkernel
-
-- name: make sure our bkernel boxes have static ip
-  template: src=bkernel-eth0-network dest=/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 
-  tags:
-  - bkernel