diff --git a/tasks/ironic_conductor_post_install.yml b/tasks/ironic_conductor_post_install.yml
index 3821415a..3ba1a2dd 100644
--- a/tasks/ironic_conductor_post_install.yml
+++ b/tasks/ironic_conductor_post_install.yml
@@ -51,33 +51,20 @@
   tags:
     - tftpd-hpa
 
-- name: Check to see if pxlinux.0 is required
-  stat: path=/tftpboot/pxelinux.0
-  register: pxelinux_exists
-  tags:
-    - tftpd-hpa
-
-- name: Check to see if chain.c32 is required
-  stat: path=/tftpboot/chain.c32
-  register: chain32_exists
-  tags:
-    - tftpd-hpa
-
-- name: Check pxlinux.0 exists
-  stat: path=/usr/lib/syslinux/pxelinux.0
-  register: pxelinux_stat
-  when: not pxelinux_exists
-  tags:
-    - tftpd-hpa
-
+## TODO(odyssey4me): Switch this to the copy module and make use of
+## remote_src: True once we move to Ansible 2.x. For Ansible 1.9x
+## there is no idempotent way of doing this without several tasks
+## which is a wasted effort.
 - name: Copy syslinux pxlinux.0
   command: cp /usr/lib/syslinux/pxelinux.0 /tftpboot/pxelinux.0
-  when: not pxelinux_exists and pxelinux_stat.stat.exists
   tags:
     - tftpd-hpa
 
+## TODO(odyssey4me): Switch this to the copy module and make use of
+## remote_src: True once we move to Ansible 2.x. For Ansible 1.9x
+## there is no idempotent way of doing this without several tasks
+## which is a wasted effort.
 - name: Copy syslinux chain.c32
   command: cp /usr/lib/syslinux/chain.c32 /tftpboot/chain.c32
-  when: not chain32_exists and chain32_stat.stat.exists
   tags:
     - tftpd-hpa