diff --git a/roles/setupKnownHosts/templates/known_hosts.j2.v1 b/roles/setupKnownHosts/templates/known_hosts.j2.v1
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index ed9688799f614aa527e856640fab46fabde6fb2a..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/roles/setupKnownHosts/templates/known_hosts.j2.v1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-{% set nodelist = [] %}
-{% for desktop in desktopNodeList %}
-{% for node in groups[desktop.name] %}
-{% if hostvars[node]['ansible_'+desktop.interface] is defined %}
-{% if not ssh-keygen -F hostvars[node] -f /etc/ssh/known_hosts and not ssh-keygen -F hostvars[node]['ansible_'+desktop.interface] -f /etc/ssh/known_hosts %}
-{% set host = {name: node, ip: hostvars[node]['ansible_'+desktop.interface]} %}
-{% if nodelist.append(host) %}
-{% endif %}
-{% endif %}
-{% endif %}
-{% endfor %}
-{% endfor %}
-
-{% for host in nodelist|unique %}
-ssh-keyscan -t rsa {{ host.name }} >> /etc/ssh/known_hosts
-ssh-keyscan -t rsa {{ host.ip }} >> /etc/ssh/known_hosts
-{% endfor %}
diff --git a/roles/setupKnownHosts/templates/known_hosts.j2.v2 b/roles/setupKnownHosts/templates/known_hosts.j2.v2
deleted file mode 100644
index 3fa6710a8da171e959e43dde50470e656421554a..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/roles/setupKnownHosts/templates/known_hosts.j2.v2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-{% set nodelist = [] %}
-{% for desktop in desktopNodeList %}
-{% for node in groups[desktop.name] %}
-{% if hostvars[node]['ansible_'+desktop.interface] is defined %}
-{% if not ssh-keygen -F node -f /etc/ssh/known_hosts and not ssh-keygen -F hostvars[node]['ansible_'+desktop.interface]['ipv4']['address'] -f /etc/ssh/known_hosts %}
-{% set host = {name: node, ip: hostvars[node]['ansible_'+desktop.interface]['ipv4']['address']} %}
-{% if nodelist.append(host) %}
-{% endif %}
-{% endif %}
-{% endif %}
-{% endfor %}
-{% endfor %}
-
-{% for host in nodelist|unique %}
-echo "{{ host.name }} {{ host.ip }}"
-#ssh-keyscan -t rsa {{ host.name }} >> /etc/ssh/known_hosts
-#ssh-keyscan -t rsa {{ host.ip }} >> /etc/ssh/known_hosts
-{% endfor %}
diff --git a/roles/setupKnownHosts/templates/known_hosts.j2.v3 b/roles/setupKnownHosts/templates/known_hosts.j2.v3
deleted file mode 100644
index b3898e0351824a69793583fb84578018cfeb9f8c..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/roles/setupKnownHosts/templates/known_hosts.j2.v3
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-{% set nodelist = [] %}
-{% for desktop in desktopNodeList %}
-{% for node in groups[desktop.name] %}
-{% if hostvars[node]['ansible_'+desktop.interface] is defined %}
-{% set host = {'name': node, 'ip': hostvars[node]['ansible_'+desktop.interface]['ipv4']['address']} %}
-{% if nodelist.append(host) %}
-{% endif %}
-{% endif %}
-{% endfor %}
-{% endfor %}
-
-{% for host in nodelist|unique %}
-echo "{{ host.name }} {{ host.ip }}"
-#ssh-keyscan -t rsa {{ host.name }} >> /etc/ssh/known_hosts
-#ssh-keyscan -t rsa {{ host.ip }} >> /etc/ssh/known_hosts
-{% endfor %}