diff --git a/tasks/ubuntu/essential.yml b/tasks/ubuntu/essential.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index c5090b7336c92b542aeafbd372bb8621bfcd1760..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/tasks/ubuntu/essential.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
----
-
-# APT
-- name: Install aptitude & debconf-utils using apt
-  apt:
-    state: present
-    update_cache: yes
-    force_apt_get: yes
-    install_recommends: no
-    pkg:
-      - aptitude
-      - debconf-utils
-
-# ESSENTIAL PACKAGES
-- name: Install packages
-  apt:
-    state: present
-    update_cache: yes
-    install_recommends: no
-    pkg:
-      - bash
-      - mawk
-      - sed
-      - grep
-      - rsync
diff --git a/tasks/ubuntu/main.yml b/tasks/ubuntu/main.yml
index 889d89f019471a8120dfa3aa45f3dfd8ce1a73f1..9775944b77f2b175cf2fb15ca9465747fc1a702a 100644
--- a/tasks/ubuntu/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/ubuntu/main.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,29 @@
 - name: Setup repositories
   include_tasks: repositories.yml
 
-# ESSENTIAL SETUP
-- name: Perform essential setup
-  include_tasks: essential.yml
+
+## ESSENTIAL SETUP
+
+# APT
+- name: Install aptitude & debconf-utils using apt
+  apt:
+    state: present
+    update_cache: yes
+    force_apt_get: yes
+    install_recommends: no
+    pkg:
+      - aptitude
+      - debconf-utils
+
+# ESSENTIAL PACKAGES
+- name: Install packages
+  apt:
+    state: present
+    update_cache: yes
+    install_recommends: no
+    pkg:
+      - bash
+      - mawk
+      - sed
+      - grep
+      - rsync