diff --git a/image/sysroot-tree/etc/ssh/ssh_config b/image/sysroot-tree/etc/ssh/ssh_config
deleted file mode 100644
index 599c67c0e8..0000000000
--- a/image/sysroot-tree/etc/ssh/ssh_config
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-UserKnownHostsFile /run/known_hosts