diff --git a/roles/crictl/README.md b/roles/crictl/README.md
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-# `crictl`
diff --git a/roles/crictl/defaults/main.yml b/roles/crictl/defaults/main.yml
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-# Copyright (c) 2023 VEXXHOST, Inc.
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
-# not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
-# a copy of the License at
-#
-#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
-# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
-# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
-# under the License.
-
-crictl_bin_dir: /usr/bin
-
-crictl_version: v1.25.0
-crictl_checksums:
-  arm64:
-    v1.25.0: 651c939eca010bbf48cc3932516b194028af0893025f9e366127f5b50ad5c4f4
-  amd64:
-    v1.25.0: 86ab210c007f521ac4cdcbcf0ae3fb2e10923e65f16de83e0e1db191a07f0235
-
-crictl_download_url: "https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cri-tools/releases/download/{{ crictl_version }}/crictl-{{ crictl_version }}-{{ ansible_system | lower }}-{{ download_artifact_goarch }}.tar.gz" # noqa: yaml[line-length]
-crictl_download_dest: "{{ crictl_download_unarchive_dest }}.tar.gz"
-crictl_download_unarchive_dest: "{{ download_artifact_work_directory }}/crictl-{{ crictl_version }}-{{ ansible_system | lower }}-{{ download_artifact_goarch }}"
-crictl_binary_checksum: "{{ crictl_checksums[download_artifact_goarch][crictl_version] }}"
-
-# NOTE(mnaser): This is to accomodate for the uninstallation of the old packages
-#               that shipped with the operating system
-crictl_package_name: cri-tools
-
-crictl_socket: /run/containerd/containerd.sock
diff --git a/roles/crictl/meta/main.yml b/roles/crictl/meta/main.yml
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-# Copyright (c) 2023 VEXXHOST, Inc.
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
-# not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
-# a copy of the License at
-#
-#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
-# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
-# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
-# under the License.
-
-galaxy_info:
-  author: VEXXHOST, Inc.
-  description: Ansible role for "crictl"
-  license: Apache-2.0
-  min_ansible_version: 5.5.0
-  standalone: false
-  platforms:
-    - name: Debian
-      versions:
-        - buster
-        - bullseye
-    - name: Fedora
-      versions:
-        - "36"
-        - "37"
-    - name: EL
-      versions:
-        - "8"
-        - "9"
-    - name: Ubuntu
-      versions:
-        - focal
-        - jammy
-
-dependencies:
-  - role: download_artifact
-    download_artifact_url: "{{ crictl_download_url }}"
-    download_artifact_dest: "{{ crictl_download_dest }}"
-    download_artifact_checksum: "sha256:{{ crictl_binary_checksum }}"
-    download_artifact_owner: root
-    download_artifact_mode: "0755"
-    download_artifact_unarchive: true
-    download_artifact_unarchive_dest: "{{ crictl_download_unarchive_dest }}"
diff --git a/roles/crictl/tasks/main.yml b/roles/crictl/tasks/main.yml
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-# Copyright (c) 2023 VEXXHOST, Inc.
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
-# not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
-# a copy of the License at
-#
-#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
-# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
-# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
-# under the License.
-
-- name: Uninstall crictl package
-  ansible.builtin.package:
-    name: "{{ crictl_package_name }}"
-    state: absent
-
-- name: Copy crictl binary from download dir
-  ansible.builtin.copy:
-    src: "{{ download_artifact_dest }}"
-    dest: "{{ crictl_bin_dir }}/crictl"
-    mode: "0755"
-    remote_src: true
-
-- name: Create crictl config
-  ansible.builtin.template:
-    src: crictl.yaml.j2
-    dest: /etc/crictl.yaml
-    owner: root
-    mode: "0644"
-
-- name: Remove crictl orphaned binary
-  ansible.builtin.file:
-    path: /usr/bin/crictl
-    state: absent
-  when: crictl_bin_dir != "/usr/bin"
diff --git a/roles/crictl/templates/crictl.yaml.j2 b/roles/crictl/templates/crictl.yaml.j2
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-runtime-endpoint: unix://{{ crictl_socket }}
-image-endpoint: unix://{{ crictl_socket }}
-timeout: 30
-debug: false
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/tasks/main.yml b/roles/kubernetes/tasks/main.yml
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--- a/roles/kubernetes/tasks/main.yml
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@@ -47,13 +47,6 @@
       - "kubelet={{ kubernetes_version }}-00"
     state: present
 
-- name: Create crictl config
-  ansible.builtin.template:
-    src: crictl.yaml.j2
-    dest: /etc/crictl.yaml
-    owner: root
-    mode: "0644"
-
 - name: Enable kernel modules on-boot
   ansible.builtin.template:
     src: modules-load.conf.j2