diff --git a/plays/root.yml b/plays/root.yml
index b8fe4a4b..373fd69e 100755
--- a/plays/root.yml
+++ b/plays/root.yml
@@ -53,3 +53,14 @@
 - hosts: server,!virtu
   roles:
     - openssh
+
+- hosts: server
+  tasks:
+    - name: Remove cloud-init
+      apt:
+        name: cloud-init
+        state: absent
+        purge: true
+      register: apt_result
+      retries: 3
+      until: apt_result is succeeded