Why does VPS with stock Debian contain cdrom device?

I recently set up a debian 12 VPS with a new hosting company. It has:

/media/cdrom -> cdrom0/
/media/cdrom0/

And in /etc/fstab:

/dev/sr0        /media/cdrom0   udf,iso9660 user,noauto     0       0

Debian VPSs in my old hosting company do not have that. The new hosting company is well-known and reputable, but I was surprised as it assures customers only plain debian images are used, without modification. Why would the cdrom device be installed for a VPS? I want to remove it; could it be required for something like a recovery process? (Or maybe my old hoster disables cdrom, and the new hoster correctly provisions stock debian?)