diff --git a/playbooks/pre.yaml b/playbooks/pre.yaml
index d61fd45de0..6681fb20a5 100644
--- a/playbooks/pre.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/pre.yaml
@@ -18,15 +18,3 @@
     - setup-devstack-cache
     - start-fresh-logging
     - write-devstack-local-conf
-  # TODO(jeblair): remove when configure-mirrors is fixed
-  tasks:
-    - name: Hack mirror_info
-      shell:
-        _raw_params: |
-          mkdir /etc/ci
-          cat << "EOF" > /etc/ci/mirror_info.sh
-          export NODEPOOL_UCA_MIRROR=http://mirror.dfw.rax.openstack.org/ubuntu-cloud-archive
-          EOF
-      args:
-        executable: /bin/bash
-      become: true