diff --git a/roles/float-base/tasks/main.yml b/roles/float-base/tasks/main.yml
index 41b65d59ec0b3780ffdfc762098b1a2c3e103c00..e47d2bb3a5ae986551fe4d0f8df16f661af4c9af 100644
--- a/roles/float-base/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/float-base/tasks/main.yml
@@ -40,14 +40,6 @@
 - include_tasks: rollback_protection.yml
   when: "git_revision != 'none' and not testing|default(True)"
 
-# Detect virtual machines / physical hardware.
-- name: Detect virtual machine
-  slurp:
-    src: "/sys/class/dmi/id/sys_vendor"
-  register: slurp_sysfs_dmi_vendor
-- set_fact:
-    float_is_vm: "{{ slurp_sysfs_dmi_vendor['content'] | b64decode == 'QEMU' }}"
-
 # Create the /usr/lib/float and /var/lib/float directories for
 # internal scripts.
 - file: