diff --git a/roles/head-node/files/compute-node.yml b/roles/head-node/files/compute-node.yml
index 4a6a50d..7fb41f0 100644
--- a/roles/head-node/files/compute-node.yml
+++ b/roles/head-node/files/compute-node.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 - hosts: all
   remote_user: ubuntu
   roles:
-    - {{ provision.role }}
+    - compute-node
diff --git a/roles/head-node/tasks/main.yml b/roles/head-node/tasks/main.yml
index 8376233..d8067d0 100644
--- a/roles/head-node/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/head-node/tasks/main.yml
@@ -5,23 +5,27 @@
     owner=maas
     group=maas
     state=directory
+    mode=0755
 
-- name: Ensure Ansible Compute Config Files
+- name: Ensure Ansible Roles
   become: yes
-  git:
-    repo={{ provision.location }}
-    dest=/tmp/ansible.maas
-    clone=yes
-    force=yes
-    update=yes
+  copy:
+    src: roles
+    dest: /etc/maas/ansible
+    owner: maas
+    group: maas
+    mode: u=rwX,g=rX,o=rX
+    force: true
 
-- name: Ensure Ansible Roles Exist
+- name: Ensure Role Permissions and Modes
   become: yes
-  command: cp -rf /tmp/ansible.maas/{{ provision.role_path }} /etc/maas/ansible
-
-- name: Ensure Ansible Roles Ownership
-  become: yes
-  file: dest=/etc/maas/ansible/{{ provision.role_path }} owner=maas group=maas recurse=yes
+  file:
+    path: /etc/maas/ansible
+    owner: maas
+    group: maas
+    mode: u=rwX,g=rX,o=rX
+    state: directory
+    recurse: true
 
 - name: Ensure Ansible Provisioning Script
   become: yes
diff --git a/roles/head-node/vars/main.yml b/roles/head-node/vars/main.yml
index 0093928..37b7f48 100644
--- a/roles/head-node/vars/main.yml
+++ b/roles/head-node/vars/main.yml
@@ -1,12 +1,2 @@
-provision:
-    # CHANGE:
-    #   'location'   git URL from which to clone a repository that contains the role
-    #                definitions to be used then provisioning a compute node
-    #   'role_path'  directory path within the repo that contains the roles.
-    #   'role'       name of the role to provision for new compute nodes
-    location: "{{ prov_location | default('http://gerrit.opencord.org/maas') }}"
-    role_path: "{{ prov_role_path | default('roles') }}"
-    role: "{{ prov_role | default('compute-node') }}"
-
 maas:
     user: "{{ maas_user | default('cord') }}"