diff --git a/roles/common/tasks/provisioning.yml b/roles/common/tasks/provisioning.yml
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----
-# needs to be first, otherwise it errors after we change the password used for sudo (below)
-- name: Add provisioning user to sudoers
-  copy: src=etc/sudoers.d/provisioning dest=/etc/sudoers.d/provisioning owner=root group=root mode=600 validate='visudo -cf %s'
-
-# create user or update settings if the user already exists
-- name: Set password, shell, etc for provisioning user
-  user: { name: '{{ provisioning_user.name }}', password: '{{ provisioning_user.password }}', shell: '{{ provisioning_user.shell }}', state: '{{ provisioning_user.state }}', createhome: 'yes' }
-
-# vim: set ts=2 sw=2:
diff --git a/vars/provisioning.yml b/vars/provisioning.yml
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