diff --git a/roles/arch/tasks/packages-cli.yml b/roles/arch/tasks/packages-cli.yml
index 9ef53d6..8b1010a 100644
--- a/roles/arch/tasks/packages-cli.yml
+++ b/roles/arch/tasks/packages-cli.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
     update_cache: yes
   vars:
     packages:
-      - ansible
       - aspell-en
       - arch-wiki-docs
       - asciidoctor
diff --git a/roles/debian/tasks/packages-cli.yml b/roles/debian/tasks/packages-cli.yml
index 8aea853..cd05d3c 100644
--- a/roles/debian/tasks/packages-cli.yml
+++ b/roles/debian/tasks/packages-cli.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
   vars:
     packages:
       - apt-file
-      - ansible
       - asciidoctor
       - clang
       - clang-format
diff --git a/roles/fedora/tasks/packages-cli.yml b/roles/fedora/tasks/packages-cli.yml
index c81bb3e..c1f92b5 100644
--- a/roles/fedora/tasks/packages-cli.yml
+++ b/roles/fedora/tasks/packages-cli.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
   vars:
     packages:
       - "@c-development"
-      - ansible
       - asciidoctor
       - aspell-en
       - bc
diff --git a/roles/netbsd/tasks/packages-cli.yml b/roles/netbsd/tasks/packages-cli.yml
index 997a48e..ac16707 100644
--- a/roles/netbsd/tasks/packages-cli.yml
+++ b/roles/netbsd/tasks/packages-cli.yml
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
     state: present
   vars:
     packages:
-      - ansible
       - git
       - gnupg2
       - heirloom-doctools
diff --git a/roles/opensuse-leap/tasks/packages-cli.yml b/roles/opensuse-leap/tasks/packages-cli.yml
index 6171dd6..a9d7a9a 100644
--- a/roles/opensuse-leap/tasks/packages-cli.yml
+++ b/roles/opensuse-leap/tasks/packages-cli.yml
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
     type: package
   vars:
     packages:
-      - ansible
       - aspell-en
       - bc
       - bind-utils
diff --git a/roles/opensuse-tumbleweed/tasks/packages-cli.yml b/roles/opensuse-tumbleweed/tasks/packages-cli.yml
index 4c5a182..61c5dee 100644
--- a/roles/opensuse-tumbleweed/tasks/packages-cli.yml
+++ b/roles/opensuse-tumbleweed/tasks/packages-cli.yml
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
     type: package
   vars:
     packages:
-      - ansible
       - aspell-en
       - bc
       - bind-utils
diff --git a/roles/ubuntu/tasks/packages-cli.yml b/roles/ubuntu/tasks/packages-cli.yml
index 70b0811..9afeb2d 100644
--- a/roles/ubuntu/tasks/packages-cli.yml
+++ b/roles/ubuntu/tasks/packages-cli.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
   vars:
     packages:
       - apt-file
-      - ansible
       - asciidoctor
       - build-essential
       - clang