diff --git a/smartgears/couchdb_cache_se_plugin/defaults/main.yml b/smartgears/couchdb_cache_se_plugin/defaults/main.yml
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-couchdb_cache_se_plugin_install: False
-#couchdb_cache_se_plugin_ver: 1.0.0-3.10.1
-couchdb_cache_se_plugin_ver: 1.1.0-3.11.0-128111
-couchdb_cache_se_plugin_name: 'couchdb-cache-se-plugin-{{ couchdb_cache_se_plugin_ver }}-jar-with-dependencies.jar'
-couchdb_cache_se_plugin_url: 'http://maven.research-infrastructures.eu/nexus/content/repositories/{{ gcube_repository }}/org/gcube/accounting/couchdb-cache-se-plugin/{{ couchdb_cache_se_plugin_ver }}/{{ couchdb_cache_se_plugin_name }}'
diff --git a/smartgears/couchdb_cache_se_plugin/handlers/main.yml b/smartgears/couchdb_cache_se_plugin/handlers/main.yml
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-- name: Restart smartgears
-  service: name='tomcat-instance-{{ smartgears_http_port }}' state=restarted
diff --git a/smartgears/couchdb_cache_se_plugin/tasks/main.yml b/smartgears/couchdb_cache_se_plugin/tasks/main.yml
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-- name: Get the couchdb cache se plugin and install it inside the smart executor
-  become: True
-  become_user: '{{ smartgears_user }}'
-  get_url: url={{ couchdb_cache_se_plugin_url }} dest={{ smartgears_instance_path }}/webapps/{{ smart_executor_name }}/WEB-INF/lib
-  when: couchdb_cache_se_plugin_install
-  notify: Restart smartgears
-  tags: [ 'smartgears', 'couchdb_cache_se', 'tomcat' ]
-