diff --git a/deployment/check/common/utils.nix b/deployment/check/common/utils.nix
index 3bdcc78b..3be70fe5 100644
--- a/deployment/check/common/utils.nix
+++ b/deployment/check/common/utils.nix
@@ -24,26 +24,11 @@
 
       system.stateVersion = "25.05";
       services.qemuGuest.enable = true;
-      systemd.services.qemu-guest-agent = {
-        wants = [ "network-online.target" ];
-        after = [ "network-online.target" ];
-      };
 
-      services.openssh = {
-        enable = true;
-        settings.PasswordAuthentication = false;
-      };
+      services.openssh.enable = true;
       networking = {
         firewall.enable = false;
-        useDHCP = false;
-        usePredictableInterfaceNames = false;
         useNetworkd = true;
-        nameservers = [
-          "95.215.185.6"
-          "95.215.185.7"
-          "2a00:51c0::5fd7:b906"
-          "2a00:51c0::5fd7:b907"
-        ];
       };
 
       services.cloud-init = {
@@ -51,14 +36,11 @@
         network.enable = true;
       };
 
-      users.mutableUsers = false;
       users.users =
         {
-          root = {
-            openssh.authorizedKeys.keys = [
-              "ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIFZsldWMEsajYysjYsEpNvMOjO4D8L21pTrfQS1T+Hfy"
-            ];
-          };
+          root.openssh.authorizedKeys.keys = [
+            "ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIFZsldWMEsajYysjYsEpNvMOjO4D8L21pTrfQS1T+Hfy"
+          ];
         }
         // environment.config.resources."operator-environment".login-shell.apply {
           resources = lib.filterAttrs (_name: value: value ? login-shell) (