diff --git a/ansible-role-requirements.yml b/ansible-role-requirements.yml
index 97861a3f8e..02635ea342 100644
--- a/ansible-role-requirements.yml
+++ b/ansible-role-requirements.yml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 - name: lxc_hosts
   scm: git
   src: https://git.openstack.org/openstack/openstack-ansible-lxc_hosts
-  version: e282a90774b1591500e49f2290af2ac0d5c1c0f8
+  version: 83e20af591b00fc796eba0e0e1c7650faaa20cd7
 - name: memcached_server
   scm: git
   src: https://git.openstack.org/openstack/openstack-ansible-memcached_server
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/remove-machinectl-workarounds-d67a4739f6385f54.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/remove-machinectl-workarounds-d67a4739f6385f54.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c6c1e3e8f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/remove-machinectl-workarounds-d67a4739f6385f54.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - With the release of CentOS 7.6, deployments were breaking and becoming very
+    slow when we restart dbus in order to catch some PolicyKit changes. However,
+    those changes were never actaully used so they were happening for no reason.
+    We no longer make any modifications to the systemd-machined configuration
+    and/or PolicyKit to maintain upstream compatibility.