diff --git a/tasks/acmetool_deb.yml b/tasks/acmetool_deb.yml
index 9fa7172..967d0b0 100644
--- a/tasks/acmetool_deb.yml
+++ b/tasks/acmetool_deb.yml
@@ -1,16 +1,5 @@
 ---
 - block: 
-  - name: Remove the old acme package because the tool is not supported anymore.
-    apt: pkg=acmetool state=absent purge=yes
-
-  - name: Remove the old letsencrypt acmetool repo on ubuntu
-    apt_repository: repo={{ letsencrypt_acme_ppa_repo }} state=absent update_cache=yes
-    ignore_errors: True
-
-  - name: Remove the old letsencrypt acmetool repo on debian
-    apt_repository: repo={{ letsencrypt_acme_debian_repo }} state=absent update_cache=yes
-    ignore_errors: True
-
   - name: Install the socat utility, needed when using the http protocols to request the certificates
     apt: pkg=socat state=present cache_valid_time=1800 
 
diff --git a/tasks/acmetool_rh.yml b/tasks/acmetool_rh.yml
index a51b060..9497f02 100644
--- a/tasks/acmetool_rh.yml
+++ b/tasks/acmetool_rh.yml
@@ -1,10 +1,4 @@
 - block: 
-  - name: Remove the old acme package because the tool is not supported anymore.
-    yum: pkg=acmetool state=absent
-
-  - name: Remove the acmetool repo file
-    file: dest=/etc/yum.repos.d/hlandau-acmetool-epel-7.repo state=absent
-
   - name: Install the socat utility, needed when using the http protocols to request the certificates
     yum: pkg=socat state=present