diff --git a/example/ansible/.gitignore b/example/ansible/.gitignore
index 15944aa..2542070 100644
--- a/example/ansible/.gitignore
+++ b/example/ansible/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 /ca/
 /.vault_pass
 /ansible_local.env
-/known_hosts
diff --git a/example/ansible/ansible.cfg b/example/ansible/ansible.cfg
index 658ab4c..5a5137e 100644
--- a/example/ansible/ansible.cfg
+++ b/example/ansible/ansible.cfg
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ vault_password_file = ./.vault_pass
 
 [ssh_connection]
 pipelining = True
-ssh_args = -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=300s -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o UserKnownHostsFile=./known_hosts
+ssh_args = -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=300s -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no