diff --git a/roles/ironic-deploy/tasks/main.yml b/roles/ironic-deploy/tasks/main.yml
index 313635938..4979cd61b 100644
--- a/roles/ironic-deploy/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/ironic-deploy/tasks/main.yml
@@ -36,15 +36,6 @@
 - name: "Verify that deployment image is present."
   local_action: stat path={{deploy_image}}
   register: test_deploy_image
-  # TODO: checksum for the above stat operation will be required for deployment.
 - name: "Error if deployment image is missing."
   local_action: fail msg="Deployment image is missing.  Consider re-running setup."
   when: test_deploy_image.stat.exists == false
-- name: "Check to see if there is a file where the ssh_key_path is defined"
-  local_action: stat path={{ ssh_public_key_path }}
-  register: test_ssh_public_key_path
-- name: "Error if ssh_public_key_path is not valid"
-  local_action: fail msg="ssh_public_key_path is not valid."
-  when: test_ssh_public_key_path.stat.exists == false
-- name: "Read ssh public key in"
-  local_action: set_fact ssh_public_key="{{ lookup('file', ssh_public_key_path ) }}"