diff --git a/roles/bitbucket_mesh_config/tasks/main.yml b/roles/bitbucket_mesh_config/tasks/main.yml
index 0f64b3d..0e1601e 100644
--- a/roles/bitbucket_mesh_config/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/bitbucket_mesh_config/tasks/main.yml
@@ -76,10 +76,6 @@
   ansible.builtin.set_fact:
     mesh_node_id: "{{ lookup('ansible.builtin.ini', 'node.id type=properties file={{ mesh_properties_file }}', errors='ignore') | default('absent', true) }}"
 
-- name: Set string to test mesh_clone_firstrun (node_name contains meshnode_{{ mesh_node_id }}")
-  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
-    mesh_clone_teststring: "meshnode_{{ mesh_node_id }}"
-
 # workout if this is mesh_clone_firstrun
 - name: Work out if this is first_run of a mesh_clone
   ansible.builtin.set_fact: