diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/taskotron b/inventory/group_vars/taskotron
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----
-# common items for the releng-* boxes
-lvm_size: 50000
-mem_size: 4096
-num_cpus: 4
-# for systems that do not match the above - specify the same parameter in
-# the host_vars/$hostname file
-
-tcp_ports: [ 80, 443, 9989 ]
-fas_client_groups: sysadmin-qa
-nrpe_procs_warn: 250
-nrpe_procs_crit: 300
-
-virt_install_command: /usr/sbin/virt-install -n {{ inventory_hostname }} -r {{ mem_size }}
-                 --disk bus=virtio,path={{ volgroup }}/{{ inventory_hostname }}
-                 --vcpus={{ num_cpus }}  -l {{ ks_repo }} -x
-                 "ksdevice=eth0 ks={{ ks_url }} console=tty0 console=ttyS0
-                  hostname={{ inventory_hostname }} nameserver={{ dns }}
-                  ip={{ eth0_ip }}::{{ gw }}:{{ nm }}:{{ inventory_hostname }}:eth0:none"
-                 --network=bridge=br0,model=virtio --autostart --noautoconsole
-
-# this needs to be removed once the system actually goes into production
-freezes: false
diff --git a/playbooks/groups/taskotron.yml b/playbooks/groups/taskotron.yml
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-# create a new taskotron server
-# NOTE: make sure there is room/space for this server on the vmhost
-# NOTE: most of these vars_path come from group_vars/mirrorlist or from hostvars
-
-- name: make taskotron server
-  hosts: taskotron
-  user: root
-  gather_facts: False
-  accelerate: "{{ accelerated }}"
-
-  vars_files: 
-   - /srv/web/infra/ansible/vars/global.yml
-   - "{{ private }}/vars.yml"
-   - /srv/web/infra/ansible/vars/{{ ansible_distribution }}.yml
-
-  tasks:
-  - include: "{{ tasks }}/virt_instance_create.yml"
-
-  handlers:
-  - include: "{{ handlers }}/restart_services.yml"
-
-- name: make the box be real
-  hosts: taskotron
-  user: root
-  gather_facts: True
-  accelerate: "{{ accelerated }}"
-
-  vars_files: 
-   - /srv/web/infra/ansible/vars/global.yml
-   - "{{ private }}/vars.yml"
-   - /srv/web/infra/ansible/vars/{{ ansible_distribution }}.yml
-
-  roles:
-  - base
-  - rkhunter
-  - nagios_client
-  - hosts
-  - fas_client
-  - collectd/base
-  - yum-cron
-  - sudo
-
-  tasks:
-  # this is how you include other task lists
-  - include: "{{ tasks }}/yumrepos.yml"
-  - include: "{{ tasks }}/2fa_client.yml"
-  - include: "{{ tasks }}/motd.yml"
-
-  handlers:
-  - include: "{{ handlers }}/restart_services.yml"