remove updates available check from MOTD

playbooks/roles/common/tasks/main.yml

@@ -167,6 +167,17 @@
     group: root
     mode: "0755"
 
+# this script is executed by PAM on interactive login to calculate the
+# number of package updates available for the MOTD.  This slows down
+# first login on machines by a significant amount
+- name: Remove MOTD update checker
+  file:
+    dest: "/etc/update-motd.d/90-updates-available"
+    state: absent
+  tags:
+    - install
+    - install:configuration
+
 - name: Set up a cron job to run the script
   cron:
     name: "log-ntp-alerts"