diff --git a/ceph-ansible.spec.in b/ceph-ansible.spec.in
index a320ce00c..833a8a3c9 100644
--- a/ceph-ansible.spec.in
+++ b/ceph-ansible.spec.in
@@ -39,11 +39,6 @@ for f in ansible.cfg *.yml *.sample group_vars roles library plugins infrastruct
 done
 
 pushd %{buildroot}%{_datarootdir}/ceph-ansible
-  # Strip coreos files.
-  # These are unneeded on RPM-based distros, and the playbooks download random
-  # things from around the internet.
-  rm -r roles/ceph-common-coreos
-  rm group_vars/common-coreoss.yml.sample
   # These untested playbooks are too unstable for users.
   rm -r infrastructure-playbooks/untested-by-ci
   %if ! 0%{?fedora} && ! 0%{?centos}
diff --git a/group_vars/common-coreoss.yml.sample b/group_vars/common-coreoss.yml.sample
deleted file mode 100644
index 32ae29553..000000000
--- a/group_vars/common-coreoss.yml.sample
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
----
-# Variables here are applicable to all host groups NOT roles
-
-# This sample file generated by generate_group_vars_sample.sh
-
-# Dummy variable to avoid error because ansible does not recognize the
-# file as a good configuration file when no variable in it.
-dummy:
-
-#coreos_pypy_version: 4.0.1
-#coreos_pypy_arch: linux64
-#coreos_pypy_url: https://bitbucket.org/pypy/pypy/downloads/pypy-{{coreos_pypy_version}}-{{coreos_pypy_arch}}.tar.bz2
-#pypy_directory: /opt/pypy
-#pypy_binary_directory: /opt/bin
-#pip_url: https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py
-#local_temp_directory: /tmp
-