diff --git a/ansible.cfg b/ansible.cfg
index 48bc18c45..3f1f090b1 100644
--- a/ansible.cfg
+++ b/ansible.cfg
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 [defaults]
 retry_files_enabled = False
+pipelining = True
diff --git a/examples/hosts b/examples/hosts
index b8997b777..d65cf7bb7 100644
--- a/examples/hosts
+++ b/examples/hosts
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@
 # consider adding an additional `ansible_connection=local` argument below.
 
 [matrix_servers]
-matrix.<your-domain> ansible_host=<your-server's external IP address> ansible_ssh_user=root ansible_ssh_pipelining=yes
+matrix.<your-domain> ansible_host=<your-server's external IP address> ansible_ssh_user=root