diff --git a/roles/common/tasks/aptitude.yml b/roles/common/tasks/aptitude.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 1dd069b..0000000
--- a/roles/common/tasks/aptitude.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
----
-- name: install aptitude
-  apt: name=aptitude state=latest
-  tags: aptitude
diff --git a/roles/common/tasks/curl.yml b/roles/common/tasks/curl.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 4ac9dd9..0000000
--- a/roles/common/tasks/curl.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
----
-- name: install curl
-  apt: name=curl state=latest
-  tags: curl
diff --git a/roles/common/tasks/git.yml b/roles/common/tasks/git.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 36ab1fe..0000000
--- a/roles/common/tasks/git.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
----
-- name: install git
-  apt: name=git state=latest
-  tags: git
diff --git a/roles/common/tasks/main.yml b/roles/common/tasks/main.yml
index 49be6d6..1ca9013 100644
--- a/roles/common/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/common/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 ---
-- include: wget.yml
-- include: curl.yml
-- include: zsh.yml
-- include: git.yml
-- include: nano.yml
-- include: python.yml
-- include: mosh.yml
-- include: aptitude.yml
+- name: install common packages
+  apt: name={{ item }} state=latest
+  with_items:
+    - aptitude
+    - curl
+    - git
+    - mosh
+    - nano
+    - python
+    - wget
+    - zsh
diff --git a/roles/common/tasks/mosh.yml b/roles/common/tasks/mosh.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 0bcc440..0000000
--- a/roles/common/tasks/mosh.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
----
-- name: install mosh
-  apt: name=mosh state=latest
-  tags: mosh
diff --git a/roles/common/tasks/nano.yml b/roles/common/tasks/nano.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index a31a6fa..0000000
--- a/roles/common/tasks/nano.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
----
-- name: install nano
-  apt: name=nano state=latest
-  tags: nano
diff --git a/roles/common/tasks/python.yml b/roles/common/tasks/python.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index b47af49..0000000
--- a/roles/common/tasks/python.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
----
-- name: install python
-  apt: name=python state=latest
-  tags: python
diff --git a/roles/common/tasks/wget.yml b/roles/common/tasks/wget.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index a91999e..0000000
--- a/roles/common/tasks/wget.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
----
-- name: install wget
-  apt: name=wget state=latest
-  tags: wget
diff --git a/roles/common/tasks/zsh.yml b/roles/common/tasks/zsh.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 5d64884..0000000
--- a/roles/common/tasks/zsh.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
----
-- name: install zsh
-  apt: name=zsh state=latest
-  tags: zsh