diff --git a/tasks/_init.yml b/tasks/_init.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 6d98ab77d52db0dc654d06857f244b77c6377c9a..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/tasks/_init.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
----
-
-- include_vars:
-    file: "{{ sdm_system_vars_file }}" 
-  when: lookup('isvarsfile', sdm_system_vars_file)