diff --git a/ubuntu/roles/common/files/resolv.conf b/ubuntu/roles/common/files/resolv.conf
deleted file mode 100644
index 3a6eae1..0000000
--- a/ubuntu/roles/common/files/resolv.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-nameserver 127.0.0.1
-nameserver 8.8.8.8
diff --git a/ubuntu/roles/common/tasks/main.yml b/ubuntu/roles/common/tasks/main.yml
index 443ad13..ccc5f89 100644
--- a/ubuntu/roles/common/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/ubuntu/roles/common/tasks/main.yml
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@
      - htop
      - haveged
      - python-pip
-     - unbound
      - duplicity
      - python-boto
      - build-essential
@@ -56,5 +55,3 @@
      - unbound
      - vnstat
      - ntp
-- name: use local unbound instance for DNS and Google Public DNS as backup
-  copy: src=resolv.conf dest=/etc/resolv.conf