diff --git a/playbooks/kayobe-overcloud-base/ironic.conf b/playbooks/kayobe-overcloud-base/ironic.conf
deleted file mode 100644
index 45f848825..000000000
--- a/playbooks/kayobe-overcloud-base/ironic.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-[DEFAULT]
-minimum_required_memory = 256
diff --git a/playbooks/kayobe-overcloud-base/pre.yml b/playbooks/kayobe-overcloud-base/pre.yml
index 3f03d8620..38ca53d2a 100644
--- a/playbooks/kayobe-overcloud-base/pre.yml
+++ b/playbooks/kayobe-overcloud-base/pre.yml
@@ -16,17 +16,6 @@
         dest: "{{ kayobe_config_src_dir }}/etc/kayobe/kolla/globals.yml"
       when: tls_enabled
 
-    - name: Ensure kolla custom config dir exists
-      file:
-        path: "{{ kayobe_config_src_dir }}/etc/kayobe/kolla/config"
-        state: directory
-
-    # TODO(mgoddard): Remove this when it has been added to kayobe-config-dev.
-    - name: Ensure ironic.conf override config file exists
-      copy:
-        src: ironic.conf
-        dest: "{{ kayobe_config_src_dir }}/etc/kayobe/kolla/config/ironic.conf"
-
     # NOTE(mgoddard): The kayobe dev config by default expects a bridge -
     # breth1 - to exist with an IP address of 192.168.33.3.
     - name: Ensure all-in-one network bridge interface exists