diff --git a/provision-contest/ansible/roles/script_server/lookup_plugins/ip.py b/provision-contest/ansible/roles/script_server/lookup_plugins/ip.py
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index e96422a1..00000000
--- a/provision-contest/ansible/roles/script_server/lookup_plugins/ip.py
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@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-import ansible.utils as utils
-import ansible.errors as errors
-from ansible.plugins.lookup import LookupBase
-import socket
-import ipaddress
-
-class LookupModule(LookupBase):
-
-    def __init__(self, basedir=None, **kwargs):
-        self.basedir = basedir
-
-    def run(self, terms, variables=None, **kwargs):
-        hostname = terms[0]
-
-        try:
-          # If it's a valid ip address already, just return it directly
-          ipaddress.ip_address(hostname)
-          return [hostname]
-        except Exception:
-          pass
-
-        if not isinstance(hostname, str):
-            raise errors.AnsibleError("ip lookup expects a string (hostname)")
-
-        return [socket.gethostbyname(hostname)]