diff --git a/tests/validate-ceph.yml b/tests/validate-ceph.yml
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-# This playbook tests a Ceph
-
-- hosts:
-  - osds
-
-  vars:
-    foo: bar
-
-  tasks:
-
-  - name: foo
-    command: bar
-    delegate_to: foobar
diff --git a/tests/validate-mds.yml b/tests/validate-mds.yml
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--- a/tests/validate-mds.yml
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----
-# This playbook tests a Ceph Metadata server
-
-- hosts:
-  - mdds
-
-  vars:
-    foo: bar
-
-  tasks:
-
-  - name: foo
-    command: bar
-    delegate_to: foobar
diff --git a/tests/validate-mon.yml b/tests/validate-mon.yml
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--- a/tests/validate-mon.yml
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----
-# This playbook tests a Ceph monitor
-
-- hosts:
-  - mons
-
-  vars:
-    foo: bar
-
-  tasks:
-
-  - name: foo
-    command: bar
-    delegate_to: foobar
diff --git a/tests/validate-rados.yml b/tests/validate-rados.yml
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--- a/tests/validate-rados.yml
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@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
----
-# This playbook tests a Ceph object storage daemon
-
-- hosts:
-  - 127.0.0.1
-  roles: ceph-common
-  sudo: True
-
-  vars:
-    foo: bar
-
-  tasks:
-
-  - name: Fetch ceph.conf and admin keyring
-    fetch: >
-      src=/etc/ceph/ceph.client.admin.keyring
-      dest=/etc/ceph/ceph.client.admin.keyring
-      fail_on_missing=yes
-
-  - name: Create working directory
-    command: mktemp
-    register: tmp_work_dir
-
-  - name: Create a file
-    command: dd if=/dev/zero of={{ tmp_work_dir.stdout }}/foobar count=1 bs=1M
-
-  - name: Create an object
-    command: rados -p rbd put foobar.object {{ tmp_work_dir.stdout }}/foobar
-    delegate_to: foobar
-
-  - name: Get an object
-    command: rados -p rbd get foobar.object {{ tmp_work_dir.stdout }}/foobar.file
diff --git a/tests/validate-rbd.yml b/tests/validate-rbd.yml
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--- a/tests/validate-rbd.yml
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@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
----
-# This playbook tests a Ceph object storage daemon
-
-- hosts:
-  - osds
-
-  vars:
-    foo: bar
-
-  tasks:
-
-  - name: Create a RBD image
-    command: rbd create -s 10240 foobar
diff --git a/tests/validate-rgw.yml b/tests/validate-rgw.yml
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--- a/tests/validate-rgw.yml
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@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
----
-# This playbook tests a Ceph monitor
-
-- hosts:
-  - rgws
-
-  vars:
-    foo: bar
-
-  tasks:
-
-  - name: foo
-    command: bar
-    delegate_to: foobar