diff --git a/kitchen-tests/cookbooks/end_to_end/recipes/default.rb b/kitchen-tests/cookbooks/end_to_end/recipes/default.rb
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/kitchen-tests/cookbooks/end_to_end/recipes/default.rb
+++ b/kitchen-tests/cookbooks/end_to_end/recipes/default.rb
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ users_manage "sysadmin" do
 end
 
 ssh_known_hosts_entry "github.com"
-ssh_known_hosts_entry "localhost"
 
 sudo "sysadmins" do
   group ["sysadmin", "%superadmin"]
this just isn't working at all on fedora