diff --git a/ansible.cfg b/ansible.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1ec2ff061
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[defaults]
+
+retry_files_enabled = False
diff --git a/ansible/playbook.retry b/ansible/playbook.retry
deleted file mode 100644
index 4ad96d515..000000000
--- a/ansible/playbook.retry
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-default