diff --git a/contrib/ansible/roles/master/tasks/main.yml b/contrib/ansible/roles/master/tasks/main.yml
index 25c0f6ce14f..1ef7be8789a 100644
--- a/contrib/ansible/roles/master/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/contrib/ansible/roles/master/tasks/main.yml
@@ -23,29 +23,6 @@
 - name: Enable scheduler
   service: name=kube-scheduler enabled=yes state=started
 
-- name: Copy minion definition json files to master
-  template: src=node.j2 dest=/tmp/node-{{ item }}.json
-  changed_when: false
-  with_items:
-          groups['minions']
-  when: inventory_hostname == groups['masters'][0]
-
-- name: Load minion definition into master
-  command: /usr/bin/kubectl create -f /tmp/node-{{ item }}.json
-  register: command_result
-  failed_when: command_result.rc != 0 and 'already exists' not in command_result.stderr
-  changed_when: "command_result.rc == 0"
-  with_items:
-          groups['minions']
-  when: inventory_hostname == groups['masters'][0]
-
-- name: Delete minion definitions from master
-  file: path=/tmp/node-{{ item }}.json state=absent
-  changed_when: false
-  with_items:
-          groups['minions']
-  when: inventory_hostname == groups['masters'][0]
-
 - include: firewalld.yml
   when: has_firewalld
 
diff --git a/contrib/ansible/roles/master/templates/node.j2 b/contrib/ansible/roles/master/templates/node.j2
deleted file mode 100644
index f96459f8e09..00000000000
--- a/contrib/ansible/roles/master/templates/node.j2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "apiVersion": "v1beta3",
-    "kind": "Node",
-    "metadata": {
-        "name": "{{ item }}"
-    },
-    "spec": {
-        "externalID": "{{ item }}"
-    },
-    "status": {
-        "capacity": {
-            "cpu": "1",
-            "memory": "1"
-        }
-    }
-}