diff --git a/wait_for_lxc_ip.sh b/wait_for_lxc_ip.sh
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--- a/wait_for_lxc_ip.sh
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-#!/bin/bash
-
-set -e
-
-LXC_INSTANCE_NAME=
-
-# grab any modifications from the command line.
-for i in "$@"; do
-    case $i in
-        --lxd-name=*)
-            LXC_INSTANCE_NAME="${i#*=}"
-            shift
-        ;;
-        *)
-        echo "Unexpected option: $1"
-        exit 1
-        ;;
-    esac
-done
-
-# if the invoker did not set the instance name, throw an error.
-if [ -z "$LXC_INSTANCE_NAME" ]; then
-    echo "ERROR: The lxc instance name was not specified. Use '--lxc-name' when calling wait_for_lxc_ip.sh."
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-if ! lxc list --format csv | grep -q "$LXC_INSTANCE_NAME"; then
-    echo "ERROR: the lxc instance '$LXC_INSTANCE_NAME' does not exist."
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-IP_V4_ADDRESS=
-while true; do
-    IP_V4_ADDRESS="$(lxc list "$LXC_INSTANCE_NAME" --format csv --columns=4 | grep enp5s0 | grep -Eo '[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}')" || true
-    export IP_V4_ADDRESS="$IP_V4_ADDRESS"
-    if [ -n "$IP_V4_ADDRESS" ]; then
-        # give the machine extra time to spin up.
-        wait-for-it -t 300 "$IP_V4_ADDRESS:22"
-        break
-    else
-        sleep 1
-        printf '.'
-    fi
-done
-
-# wait for cloud-init to complet before returning.
-while lxc exec "$LXC_INSTANCE_NAME" -- [ ! -f /var/lib/cloud/instance/boot-finished ]; do
-    sleep 1
-done
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