diff --git a/files/ansible-playbooks/sot-updater.yml b/files/ansible-playbooks/sot-updater.yml
index 8daee08..5324037 100644
--- a/files/ansible-playbooks/sot-updater.yml
+++ b/files/ansible-playbooks/sot-updater.yml
@@ -198,25 +198,6 @@
       failed_when: false
       ignore_errors: true
 
-    - name: Dev1 | Normalize banner (convert 'rev' → '-r' and extract)
-      delegate_to: localhost
-      run_once: true
-      set_fact:
-        dev1_fw_clean: >-
-          {{
-            (
-              dev1_banner.stdout
-              | default('')
-              | trim
-              # 1. make sure “rev” becomes “-r”
-              | regex_replace('(?i)\\s*rev\\s*([0-9]+)', '-r\\1')
-              # 2. remove any junk after version block (like “| date …”)
-              | regex_replace('([0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+-r[0-9]+).*', '\\1')
-            )
-            | default('', true)
-            | trim
-          }}
-
     - name: Dev1 | Normalize banner (simple literal transformation)
       delegate_to: localhost
       set_fact: