diff --git a/ccmlib/node.py b/ccmlib/node.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/ccmlib/node.py
+++ b/ccmlib/node.py
@@ -1002,6 +1002,7 @@ class Node():
             with open(full_options['yaml_file'], 'r') as f:
                 user_yaml = yaml.load(f)
                 data = common.yaml_merge(user_yaml, data)
+                data.pop('yaml_file')
 
         with open(conf_file, 'w') as f:
             yaml.safe_dump(data, f, default_flow_style=False)
Do not add yaml_file to cassandra.yaml