diff --git a/playbooks/00_initial_adjustments.yml b/playbooks/00_initial_adjustments.yml
index 8ccb4da..742dcaa 100644
--- a/playbooks/00_initial_adjustments.yml
+++ b/playbooks/00_initial_adjustments.yml
@@ -5,12 +5,6 @@
   vars:
     iface: "eth0"
   tasks:
-    - name: wait for pods to come up
-      shell: kubectl get pods -o json -n cattle-system
-      register: kubectl_get_pods
-      until: kubectl_get_pods.stdout|from_json|json_query('items[*].status.phase')|unique == ["Running"]
-      retries: 20
-      delay: 30
     - name: Reconfigure /root/.bashrc
       ansible.builtin.lineinfile:
         path: /root/.bashrc