diff --git a/contrib/azurerm/apply-rg.sh b/contrib/azurerm/apply-rg.sh
index efa330bb5..2348169d4 100755
--- a/contrib/azurerm/apply-rg.sh
+++ b/contrib/azurerm/apply-rg.sh
@@ -9,18 +9,11 @@ if [ "$AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP" == "" ]; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
-if az &>/dev/null; then
-    echo "azure cli 2.0 found, using it instead of 1.0"
-    ./apply-rg_2.sh "$AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP"
-elif azure &>/dev/null; then 
-    ansible-playbook generate-templates.yml
-    
-    azure group deployment create -f ./.generated/network.json -g $AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP
-    azure group deployment create -f ./.generated/storage.json -g $AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP
-    azure group deployment create -f ./.generated/availability-sets.json -g $AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP
-    azure group deployment create -f ./.generated/bastion.json -g $AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP
-    azure group deployment create -f ./.generated/masters.json -g $AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP
-    azure group deployment create -f ./.generated/minions.json -g $AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP
-else 
-    echo "Azure cli not found"
-fi
+ansible-playbook generate-templates.yml
+
+az deployment group create --template-file ./.generated/network.json -g $AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP
+az deployment group create --template-file ./.generated/storage.json -g $AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP
+az deployment group create --template-file ./.generated/availability-sets.json -g $AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP
+az deployment group create --template-file ./.generated/bastion.json -g $AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP
+az deployment group create --template-file ./.generated/masters.json -g $AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP
+az deployment group create --template-file ./.generated/minions.json -g $AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP
diff --git a/contrib/azurerm/apply-rg_2.sh b/contrib/azurerm/apply-rg_2.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 2348169d4..000000000
--- a/contrib/azurerm/apply-rg_2.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-set -e
-
-AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP="$1"
-
-if [ "$AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP" == "" ]; then
-    echo "AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP is missing"
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-ansible-playbook generate-templates.yml
-
-az deployment group create --template-file ./.generated/network.json -g $AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP
-az deployment group create --template-file ./.generated/storage.json -g $AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP
-az deployment group create --template-file ./.generated/availability-sets.json -g $AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP
-az deployment group create --template-file ./.generated/bastion.json -g $AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP
-az deployment group create --template-file ./.generated/masters.json -g $AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP
-az deployment group create --template-file ./.generated/minions.json -g $AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP
diff --git a/contrib/azurerm/clear-rg.sh b/contrib/azurerm/clear-rg.sh
index 64fea1f16..a20045537 100755
--- a/contrib/azurerm/clear-rg.sh
+++ b/contrib/azurerm/clear-rg.sh
@@ -9,10 +9,6 @@ if [ "$AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP" == "" ]; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
-if az &>/dev/null; then
-    echo "azure cli 2.0 found, using it instead of 1.0"
-    ./clear-rg_2.sh "$AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP"
-else
-    ansible-playbook generate-templates.yml
-    azure group deployment create -g "$AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP" -f ./.generated/clear-rg.json -m Complete
-fi
+ansible-playbook generate-templates.yml
+
+az group deployment create -g "$AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP" --template-file ./.generated/clear-rg.json --mode Complete
diff --git a/contrib/azurerm/clear-rg_2.sh b/contrib/azurerm/clear-rg_2.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index a20045537..000000000
--- a/contrib/azurerm/clear-rg_2.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-set -e
-
-AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP="$1"
-
-if [ "$AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP" == "" ]; then
-    echo "AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP is missing"
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-ansible-playbook generate-templates.yml
-
-az group deployment create -g "$AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP" --template-file ./.generated/clear-rg.json --mode Complete