diff --git a/ansible/roles/prechecks/tasks/package_checks.yml b/ansible/roles/prechecks/tasks/package_checks.yml
index a2c4f80ee5..55cd12ccff 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/prechecks/tasks/package_checks.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/prechecks/tasks/package_checks.yml
@@ -11,12 +11,3 @@
   register: result
   changed_when: false
   failed_when: result.stdout | regex_replace('ansible (\\d+\\.\\d+\\.\\d+)', '\\1') | version_compare(ansible_version_min, '<')
-
-# If this fails run "apt-get install linux-image-generic-lts-wily"
-- name: Checking LTS wily kernel version 4.2 on Ubuntu 14.04
-  command: uname -r
-  register: result
-  changed_when: false
-  failed_when: result.stdout | regex_replace('(\\d+\\.\\d+).*', '\\1') | version_compare(ubuntu_kernel_version_min, '<')
-  when:
-    - ansible_distribution == 'Ubuntu' and ansible_distribution_version == '14.04'
diff --git a/ansible/roles/prechecks/vars/main.yml b/ansible/roles/prechecks/vars/main.yml
index 42efa93dff..1dff865965 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/prechecks/vars/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/prechecks/vars/main.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 docker_version_min: '1.10.0'
 docker_py_version_min: '1.6.0'
 ansible_version_min: '2.0.0'
-ubuntu_kernel_version_min: '4.2'