diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 9f5cfd8087a..eb361552a76 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -105,8 +105,6 @@ RUN ./node_modules/.bin/bower install --allow-root --production
 # every time any bit of code is changed.
 COPY . .
 COPY /configuration_files/discovery_gunicorn.py ${DISCOVERY_HOME}/discovery_gunicorn.py
-# deleted this file completely and defined the env variables in dockerfile's respective target images.
-# COPY configuration_files/discovery_env ${DISCOVERY_HOME}/discovery_env
 COPY /configuration_files/discovery-workers.sh ${DISCOVERY_HOME}/discovery-workers.sh
 COPY /configuration_files/discovery.yml ${DISCOVERY_CFG}
 COPY /scripts/discovery.sh ${DISCOVERY_HOME}/discovery.sh
diff --git a/configuration_files/discovery-workers.sh b/configuration_files/discovery-workers.sh
index 0f90bd2d535..7f197b728f9 100644
--- a/configuration_files/discovery-workers.sh
+++ b/configuration_files/discovery-workers.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-  
-# Ansible managed
+
 
 source /edx/app/discovery/discovery_env
 
diff --git a/configuration_files/discovery.yml b/configuration_files/discovery.yml
index 06c3814a9ef..2a4da33d0af 100644
--- a/configuration_files/discovery.yml
+++ b/configuration_files/discovery.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 ---
-# Ansible managed
 
 
 API_ROOT: null
diff --git a/configuration_files/discovery_gunicorn.py b/configuration_files/discovery_gunicorn.py
index 5fb7f8d6ae9..82ea4832d56 100644
--- a/configuration_files/discovery_gunicorn.py
+++ b/configuration_files/discovery_gunicorn.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 """
 gunicorn configuration file: http://docs.gunicorn.org/en/develop/configure.html
-Ansible managed
 """
 
 timeout = 300
@@ -11,8 +10,5 @@
 
 limit_request_field_size = 16384
 
-
-
-
 def pre_request(worker, req):
     worker.log.info("%s %s" % (req.method, req.path))
diff --git a/configuration_files/supervisor.conf b/configuration_files/supervisor.conf
index 970df44a3e8..59a864b22ee 100644
--- a/configuration_files/supervisor.conf
+++ b/configuration_files/supervisor.conf
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-#
-# Ansible managed
-#
-
 [program:nginx]
 command=nginx -g 'daemon off;'
 killasgroup=true
diff --git a/scripts/devstack.sh b/scripts/devstack.sh
index 013391d6102..1e57b3745ae 100644
--- a/scripts/devstack.sh
+++ b/scripts/devstack.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-# Ansible managed
 
 source /edx/app/discovery/discovery_env
 COMMAND=$1
diff --git a/scripts/discovery.sh b/scripts/discovery.sh
index 2159790b141..dd21db36303 100644
--- a/scripts/discovery.sh
+++ b/scripts/discovery.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-  
-# Ansible managed
+
 
 export EDX_REST_API_CLIENT_NAME="default_env-default_deployment-discovery"