diff --git a/bootstrapvz/plugins/google_cloud_sdk/tasks.py b/bootstrapvz/plugins/google_cloud_sdk/tasks.py
index 9b3b08d..c59cf97 100644
--- a/bootstrapvz/plugins/google_cloud_sdk/tasks.py
+++ b/bootstrapvz/plugins/google_cloud_sdk/tasks.py
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ class InstallCloudSDK(Task):
 
 		cloudsdk_directory = os.path.join(info.root, 'usr/local/share/google')
 		os.makedirs(cloudsdk_directory)
-		log_check_call(['file', cloudsdk_download_dest, cloudsdk_directory])
 		log_check_call(['tar', 'xaf', cloudsdk_download_dest, '-C', cloudsdk_directory])
 
 		# We need to symlink certain programs from the Cloud SDK bin directory into /usr/local/bin.
diff --git a/bootstrapvz/providers/gce/__init__.py b/bootstrapvz/providers/gce/__init__.py
index 4fbe5b1..627cc9c 100644
--- a/bootstrapvz/providers/gce/__init__.py
+++ b/bootstrapvz/providers/gce/__init__.py
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ def resolve_tasks(taskset, manifest):
 	                tasks.boot.ConfigureGrub,
 	                initd.InstallInitScripts,
 	                ssh.AddSSHKeyGeneration,
+	                ssh.DisableSSHPasswordAuthentication,
 	                tasks.apt.CleanGoogleRepositoriesAndKeys,
 
 	                loopback.MoveImage,