diff --git a/roles/base_config/tasks/main.yaml b/roles/base_config/tasks/main.yaml
index 7f0281e..cd8affd 100644
--- a/roles/base_config/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/roles/base_config/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -11,23 +11,3 @@
     replace: " #- ssh"
   become: true
   when: base_config__stat_cloud_cfg.stat.exists
-
-# Ensure a base set of admin tools is installed.
-- name: ensure a base set of admin tools is installed
-  ansible.builtin.apt:
-    name:
-      - vim
-      - joe
-      - nano
-      - htop
-      - btop
-      - ripgrep
-      - fd-find
-      - tmux
-      - git
-      - curl
-      - rsync
-      - dnsutils
-      - usbutils
-      - kitty
-  become: true