diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ba84dfa..56bc881 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ Copy and paste the result as the value of the passwd key in the cloud-config.
 Start the instance, then check the cloud-init status:
 
 ```shell
-lxc start debian-mail -- cloud-init --wait
+lxc start debian-mail 
+lxc exec debian-mail -- cloud-init status --wait
 ```
 
 Once that's done, you should be able to ssh directly to the debian user, and Ansible will be ready to run.
diff --git a/bin/debian-init b/bin/debian-init
deleted file mode 100644
index ff1acfc..0000000
--- a/bin/debian-init
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-set -euxo
-
-lxc exec "$1" -- apt install -y ssh python3-dev
-
-
-# vim: ft=bash ai et sw=4 ts=4