diff --git a/arch.pkr.hcl b/arch.pkr.hcl
index 7a19bc0..e90a45c 100644
--- a/arch.pkr.hcl
+++ b/arch.pkr.hcl
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ build {
     sources = ["source.qemu.arch"]
 
     provisioner "shell" {
-        pause_before = "5s"
         scripts = [
             "${path.root}/scripts/partition_disk.sh",
             "${path.root}/scripts/install_system.sh",
@@ -91,13 +90,7 @@ build {
         inline = ["chmod +x /usr/local/sbin/grow-root"]
     }
 
-    provisioner "file" {
-        source = "files/grow-root.service"
-        destination = "/etc/systemd/system/grow-root.service"
-    }
-
     provisioner "shell" {
-        pause_before = "10s"
         scripts = [
             "${path.root}/scripts/enable_services.sh",
             "${path.root}/scripts/install_bootloader.sh",
diff --git a/files/grow-root.service b/files/grow-root.service
deleted file mode 100644
index d657857..0000000
--- a/files/grow-root.service
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-[Unit]
-Description=Grows the root partition and filesystem to match disk size
-
-[Service]
-Type=oneshot
-ExecStart=/usr/local/sbin/grow-root
-
-[Install]
-WantedBy=multi-user.target