diff --git a/deployment/check/cli/deployer.pub b/deployment/check/cli/deployer.pub
deleted file mode 100644
index 2303ffcb..00000000
--- a/deployment/check/cli/deployer.pub
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-## This is a placeholder file. It will be overwritten by the test.
diff --git a/deployment/check/common/nixosTest.nix b/deployment/check/common/nixosTest.nix
index ceec2726..aa91ae2e 100644
--- a/deployment/check/common/nixosTest.nix
+++ b/deployment/check/common/nixosTest.nix
@@ -119,7 +119,6 @@ in
       with subtest("Configure the deployer key"):
         deployer.succeed("""mkdir -p ~/.ssh && ssh-keygen -t rsa -N "" -f ~/.ssh/id_rsa""")
         deployer_key = deployer.succeed("cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub").strip()
-        deployer.succeed(f"echo '{deployer_key}' > ${config.pathFromRoot}/deployer.pub")
         ${forConcat config.targetMachines (tm: ''
           ${tm}.succeed(f"mkdir -p /root/.ssh && echo '{deployer_key}' >> /root/.ssh/authorized_keys")
         '')}