diff --git a/builder/pwnagotchi.json.pkr.hcl b/builder/pwnagotchi.json.pkr.hcl
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+# This file was autogenerated by the BETA 'packer hcl2_upgrade' command. We
+# recommend double checking that everything is correct before going forward. We
+# also recommend treating this file as disposable. The HCL2 blocks in this
+# file can be moved to other files. For example, the variable blocks could be
+# moved to their own 'variables.pkr.hcl' file, etc. Those files need to be
+# suffixed with '.pkr.hcl' to be visible to Packer. To use multiple files at
+# once they also need to be in the same folder. 'packer inspect folder/'
+# will describe to you what is in that folder.
+
+# Avoid mixing go templating calls ( for example ```{{ upper(`string`) }}``` )
+# and HCL2 calls (for example '${ var.string_value_example }' ). They won't be
+# executed together and the outcome will be unknown.
+
+# All generated input variables will be of 'string' type as this is how Packer JSON
+# views them; you can change their type later on. Read the variables type
+# constraints documentation
+# https://www.packer.io/docs/from-1.5/variables#type-constraints for more info.
+# "timestamp" template function replacement
+locals { timestamp = regex_replace(timestamp(), "[- TZ:]", "") }
+
+# source blocks are generated from your builders; a source can be referenced in
+# build blocks. A build block runs provisioner and post-processors on a
+# source. Read the documentation for source blocks here:
+# https://www.packer.io/docs/from-1.5/blocks/source
+packer {
+  required_plugins {
+    arm-image = {
+      version = ">= 0.2.7"
+      source  = "github.com/solo-io/arm-image"
+    }
+  }
+}
+source "arm-image" "pwnagotchi" {
+  iso_checksum      = "file:https://downloads.raspberrypi.org/raspios_lite_arm64/images/raspios_lite_arm64-2023-05-03/2023-05-03-raspios-bullseye-arm64-lite.img.xz.sha256"
+  iso_url           = "https://downloads.raspberrypi.org/raspios_lite_arm64/images/raspios_lite_arm64-2023-05-03/2023-05-03-raspios-bullseye-arm64-lite.img.xz"
+  output_filename   = "../../../pwnagotchi-${var.pwn_version}-arm64.img"
+  qemu_binary       = "qemu-aarch64-static"
+  target_image_size = 9368709120
+}
+
+# a build block invokes sources and runs provisioning steps on them. The
+# documentation for build blocks can be found here:
+# https://www.packer.io/docs/from-1.5/blocks/build
+build {
+  sources = ["source.arm-image.pwnagotchi"]
+
+  provisioner "file" {
+    destination = "/usr/bin/pwnlib"
+    source      = "../builder/data/usr/bin/pwnlib"
+  }
+  provisioner "file" {
+    destination = "/usr/bin/bettercap-launcher"
+    source      = "../builder/data/usr/bin/bettercap-launcher"
+  }
+  provisioner "file" {
+    destination = "/usr/bin/pwnagotchi-launcher"
+    source      = "../builder/data/usr/bin/pwnagotchi-launcher"
+  }
+  provisioner "file" {
+    destination = "/usr/bin/monstop"
+    source      = "../builder/data/usr/bin/monstop"
+  }
+  provisioner "file" {
+    destination = "/usr/bin/monstart"
+    source      = "../builder/data/usr/bin/monstart"
+  }
+  provisioner "file" {
+    destination = "/usr/bin/hdmion"
+    source      = "../builder/data/usr/bin/hdmion"
+  }
+  provisioner "file" {
+    destination = "/usr/bin/hdmioff"
+    source      = "../builder/data/usr/bin/hdmioff"
+  }
+  provisioner "file" {
+    destination = "/etc/network/interfaces.d/lo-cfg"
+    source      = "../builder/data/etc/network/interfaces.d/lo-cfg"
+  }
+  provisioner "file" {
+    destination = "/etc/network/interfaces.d/wlan0-cfg"
+    source      = "../builder/data/etc/network/interfaces.d/wlan0-cfg"
+  }
+  provisioner "file" {
+    destination = "/etc/network/interfaces.d/usb0-cfg"
+    source      = "../builder/data/etc/network/interfaces.d/usb0-cfg"
+  }
+  provisioner "file" {
+    destination = "/etc/network/interfaces.d/eth0-cfg"
+    source      = "../builder/data/etc/network/interfaces.d/eth0-cfg"
+  }
+  provisioner "file" {
+    destination = "/etc/systemd/system/pwngrid-peer.service"
+    source      = "../builder/data/etc/systemd/system/pwngrid-peer.service"
+  }
+  provisioner "file" {
+    destination = "/etc/systemd/system/pwnagotchi.service"
+    source      = "../builder/data/etc/systemd/system/pwnagotchi.service"
+  }
+  provisioner "file" {
+    destination = "/etc/systemd/system/bettercap.service"
+    source      = "../builder/data/etc/systemd/system/bettercap.service"
+  }
+  provisioner "shell" {
+    inline = ["chmod +x /usr/bin/*"]
+  }
+  provisioner "shell" {
+    inline = ["chmod +x /etc/update-motd.d/*"]
+  }
+  provisioner "shell" {
+    inline = ["apt-get -y --allow-releaseinfo-change update", "apt-get -y dist-upgrade", "apt-get install -y ansible"]
+  }
+  provisioner "ansible-local" {
+    command         = "ANSIBLE_FORCE_COLOR=1 PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1 PWN_VERSION=${var.pwn_version} PWN_HOSTNAME=${var.pwn_hostname} ansible-playbook"
+    extra_arguments = ["--extra-vars \"ansible_python_interpreter=/usr/bin/python3\""]
+    playbook_file   = "../builder/pwnagotchi.yml"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/builder/pwnagotchi.yml b/builder/pwnagotchi.yml
index a9ece67a..25ec666c 100644
--- a/builder/pwnagotchi.yml
+++ b/builder/pwnagotchi.yml
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@
           - libraspberrypi-dev
           - libraspberrypi-doc
           - libraspberrypi-bin
-          - ansible
         install:
           - bluez
           - raspberrypi-kernel-headers