diff --git a/files/common/var/lib/delphix-platform/ansible/10-delphix-platform/roles/delphix-platform/tasks/main.yml b/files/common/var/lib/delphix-platform/ansible/10-delphix-platform/roles/delphix-platform/tasks/main.yml
index 2c45db29c..918e55b1f 100644
--- a/files/common/var/lib/delphix-platform/ansible/10-delphix-platform/roles/delphix-platform/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/files/common/var/lib/delphix-platform/ansible/10-delphix-platform/roles/delphix-platform/tasks/main.yml
@@ -550,16 +550,6 @@
     regexp: 'disk\/by-id\/wwn-'
     replace: 'disk/by-id/wwn/'
 
-#
-# Enable CRA for external variants
-#
-- command: pam-auth-update {{ item }}
-  with_items:
-  - --enable challenge-response
-  - --remove unix
-  when:
-    - variant is regex("external-.*")
-
 #
 # Increase login timeout to give support more time to interact with CRA via the console.
 #