diff --git a/ansible/roles/cert-templates/tasks/main.yml b/ansible/roles/cert-templates/tasks/main.yml
index 10e09bc5dcbefc7ec482e66709a3c303fce7d9f0..ae1f5160a17d82106dec5212c91ee0c3b7f3994d 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/cert-templates/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/cert-templates/tasks/main.yml
@@ -47,3 +47,14 @@
   async: 60
   poll: 10
 
+- name: list all the files
+  shell: "ls -lR {{cert_location}}"
+  register: allfiles
+
+- debug:
+    var: allfiles
+
+- name: Remove unwanted files
+  file:
+    path: "{{cert_location}}/cert-templates"
+    state: absent