diff --git a/playbooks/kayobe-overcloud-base/overrides.yml.j2 b/playbooks/kayobe-overcloud-base/overrides.yml.j2
index e617dc2c2..babbf2c8c 100644
--- a/playbooks/kayobe-overcloud-base/overrides.yml.j2
+++ b/playbooks/kayobe-overcloud-base/overrides.yml.j2
@@ -3,17 +3,10 @@
 # Ansible is run directly on the controller.
 disable_selinux_do_reboot: false
 
-{% if ansible_os_family == 'Debian' %}
-# On Ubuntu, use 5 seconds delay to allow for interfaces to come up after ifup
-# exits.
-interfaces_pause_time: 5
-{% endif %}
-
 # Use the OpenStack infra's Dockerhub mirror.
 docker_registry_mirrors:
   - "http://{{ zuul_site_mirror_fqdn }}:8082/"
 
-kolla_base_distro: "{{ ansible_distribution | lower }}"
 kolla_install_type: "{{ 'source' if ansible_distribution == 'Ubuntu' else 'binary' }}"
 kolla_docker_namespace: "openstack.kolla"
 # use the published images from a site mirror of quay.io
diff --git a/playbooks/kayobe-seed-base/overrides.yml.j2 b/playbooks/kayobe-seed-base/overrides.yml.j2
index 4d0420f24..5af2c079e 100644
--- a/playbooks/kayobe-seed-base/overrides.yml.j2
+++ b/playbooks/kayobe-seed-base/overrides.yml.j2
@@ -14,9 +14,6 @@ kolla_source_url: "{{ ansible_env.PWD ~ '/' ~ zuul.projects['opendev.org/opensta
 kolla_source_version: "{{ zuul.projects['opendev.org/openstack/kolla'].checkout }}"
 kolla_ansible_source_url: "{{ ansible_env.PWD ~ '/' ~ zuul.projects['opendev.org/openstack/kolla-ansible'].src_dir }}"
 kolla_ansible_source_version: "{{ zuul.projects['opendev.org/openstack/kolla-ansible'].checkout }}"
-{% if ansible_os_family == 'Debian' %}
-kolla_base_distro: ubuntu
-{% endif %}
 kolla_openstack_logging_debug: True
 pip_upper_constraints_file: "/tmp/upper-constraints.txt"
 
@@ -36,4 +33,4 @@ aio_bridge_ports:
 # Build seed deployment images (IPA) with extra-hardware element
 ipa_build_images: true
 ipa_build_dib_elements_extra:
-  - "extra-hardware"
+  - "extra-hardware"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/playbooks/kayobe-seed-vm-base/overrides.yml.j2 b/playbooks/kayobe-seed-vm-base/overrides.yml.j2
index eda95a2c0..35a46c319 100644
--- a/playbooks/kayobe-seed-vm-base/overrides.yml.j2
+++ b/playbooks/kayobe-seed-vm-base/overrides.yml.j2
@@ -3,12 +3,6 @@
 # Ansible is run directly on the controller.
 disable_selinux_do_reboot: false
 
-{% if ansible_os_family == 'Debian' %}
-# On Ubuntu, use 5 seconds delay to allow for interfaces to come up after ifup
-# exits.
-interfaces_pause_time: 5
-{% endif %}
-
 # Use the OpenStack infra's Dockerhub mirror.
 docker_registry_mirrors:
   - "http://{{ zuul_site_mirror_fqdn }}:8082/"