diff --git a/image-builder/assets/playbooks/roles/osconfig/tasks/hanging-cgroup-release.yaml b/image-builder/assets/playbooks/roles/osconfig/tasks/hanging-cgroup-release.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 03c776d..0000000
--- a/image-builder/assets/playbooks/roles/osconfig/tasks/hanging-cgroup-release.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,69 +0,0 @@
-- name: hanging-cgroup-release.sh
-  copy:
-    dest: '/opt/hanging-cgroup-release.sh'
-    content: |
-      #!/bin/bash
-      set -ex
-      set -o pipefail
-
-      cgroup_count() {
-        echo "Current cgroup count: $(find /sys/fs/cgroup/*/system.slice -name tasks | wc -l)"
-      }
-
-      DATE=$(date)
-      echo "$(cgroup_count)"
-      echo   # Stop systemd mount unit that isn't actually mounted
-      echo "Stopping Kubernetes systemd mount units that are not mounted to the system."
-      echo "sed extracts systemd output to just be the unit ($1) and the mountpoint ($2)."
-      echo "1st xargs filters it by test -d $2 || echo $1."
-      echo "2nd xargs removes the entries ($1) one by one."
-      systemctl list-units --state=running | \
-        sed -rn '/Kubernetes.transient.mount/s,(run-\S+).+(/var/lib/kubelet/pods/.+),\1 \2,p' | \
-        xargs -r -l1 sh -c 'test -d $2 || echo $1' -- | \
-        xargs -r -tl1 systemctl stop |& wc -l
-      echo "$(cgroup_count)"
-    owner: root
-    group: root
-    mode: '0755'
-- name: hanging-cgroup-release.service
-  copy:
-    dest: '/etc/systemd/system/hanging-cgroup-release.service'
-    content: |
-      [Unit]
-      Description=hanging-cgroup-release service
-      After=network.target
-
-      [Service]
-      ExecStart=/opt/hanging-cgroup-release.sh
-
-      [Install]
-      WantedBy=multi-user.target
-    owner: root
-    group: root
-    mode: '0644'
-- name: start-cgroup-service
-  systemd:
-    name: hanging-cgroup-release.service
-    enabled: yes
-- name: hanging-cgroup-release.timer
-  copy:
-    dest: '/etc/systemd/system/hanging-cgroup-release.timer'
-    content: |
-      [Unit]
-      Description=10min Timer Target
-      Requires=hanging-cgroup-release.service
-      After=network.target
-
-      [Timer]
-      Unit=hanging-cgroup-release.service
-      OnCalendar=*:0/10
-
-      [Install]
-      WantedBy=multi-user.target
-    owner: root
-    group: root
-    mode: '0644'
-- name: start-cgroup-timer
-  systemd:
-    name: hanging-cgroup-release.timer
-    enabled: yes
diff --git a/image-builder/assets/playbooks/roles/osconfig/tasks/main.yaml b/image-builder/assets/playbooks/roles/osconfig/tasks/main.yaml
index 638bf9a..483ea40 100644
--- a/image-builder/assets/playbooks/roles/osconfig/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/image-builder/assets/playbooks/roles/osconfig/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -46,9 +46,6 @@
 - name: "fetch url resource"
   include_tasks: fetch-from-url.yaml
   when: run_context == default_run_context
-- name: "cgroup count"
-  include_tasks: hanging-cgroup-release.yaml
-  when: run_context == default_run_context
 
 # Context-dependent tasks
 - name: "write user-provided files"