diff --git a/playbooks/unittests/pre.yaml b/playbooks/unittests/pre.yaml
index 815110e89..77ded9800 100644
--- a/playbooks/unittests/pre.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/unittests/pre.yaml
@@ -4,10 +4,6 @@
       # TODO(mordred) When we have site-local variables, these should go there
       mirror_host: "mirror.{{ nodepool.region | lower }}.{{ nodepool.provider | lower }}.openstack.org"
       mirror_domain: openstack.org
-    - role: validate-host
-      # TODO(mordred) When we have site-local variables, these should go there
-      zuul_traceroute_host: git.openstack.org
-      zuul_image_manifest: /etc/dib-builddate.txt
     - role: bindep
       bindep_profile: test
       bindep_dir: "{{ zuul_work_dir }}"