diff --git a/inventory/service/group_vars/ask.yaml b/inventory/service/group_vars/ask.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index d40ae0b2ee..0000000000
--- a/inventory/service/group_vars/ask.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-extra_users:
-  - mkiss
-borg_backup_excludes_extra:
-  # backed up via streaming
-  - /var/backups/pgsql_backups
-  - /var/lib/postgresql
diff --git a/inventory/service/group_vars/graphite_opendev.org b/inventory/service/group_vars/graphite_opendev.org
deleted file mode 100644
index 07b4e83f71..0000000000
--- a/inventory/service/group_vars/graphite_opendev.org
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-iptables_extra_allowed_hosts:
-  - hostname: bridge.openstack.org
-    port: 8125
-    protocol: udp
-  - hostname: opendev.org
-    port: 8125
-    protocol: udp
-
-iptables_extra_allowed_groups:
-  - {'protocol': 'udp', 'port': '8125', 'group': 'mirror-update'}
-  - {'protocol': 'udp', 'port': '8125', 'group': 'nodepool'}
-  - {'protocol': 'udp', 'port': '8125', 'group': 'zookeeper'}
-  - {'protocol': 'udp', 'port': '8125', 'group': 'zuul'}
diff --git a/inventory/service/group_vars/groups.yaml b/inventory/service/group_vars/groups.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 361f549c5a..0000000000
--- a/inventory/service/group_vars/groups.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-extra_users:
-  - mkiss
diff --git a/inventory/service/group_vars/openstackid-dev.yaml b/inventory/service/group_vars/openstackid-dev.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 5b367358c2..0000000000
--- a/inventory/service/group_vars/openstackid-dev.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-extra_users:
-  - smarcet
-  - mkiss
diff --git a/inventory/service/group_vars/openstackid.yaml b/inventory/service/group_vars/openstackid.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 15985fa0fd..0000000000
--- a/inventory/service/group_vars/openstackid.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-extra_users:
-  - smarcet
-  - maxwell
diff --git a/inventory/service/group_vars/pbx.yaml b/inventory/service/group_vars/pbx.yaml
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index 5e59086bac..0000000000
--- a/inventory/service/group_vars/pbx.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-# SIP signaling is either TCP or UDP port 5060.
-# RTP media (audio/video) uses a range of UDP ports.
-iptables_extra_public_tcp_ports:
-  - 5060
-iptables_extra_public_udp_ports:
-  - 5060
-  - 10000:20000