diff --git a/ansible/nagios-clones.yml b/ansible/nagios-clones.yml
index 919c8564be52734948e8c04e6c678ce3f30e19ec..a6e5b5c738fbd867899b43beaaa3a58035ef17b8 100644
--- a/ansible/nagios-clones.yml
+++ b/ansible/nagios-clones.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@
   # We can't reliably restart containers in parallel
   serial: 1
   roles:
-    - role: lxd_delete
+    # This currently doesn't work with stopped containers.
+    # If you want to blow away the containers, use the CLI.
+    #- role: lxd_delete
     - role: lxd_copy
       source: nagios-master
       profiles: [br-lan]  # FIXME