diff --git a/nginx/defaults/main.yml b/nginx/defaults/main.yml
index 44231dad..229206eb 100644
--- a/nginx/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/nginx/defaults/main.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ nginx_conf_snippets:
   - nginx-proxy-params.conf
   - nginx-server-ssl.conf
 
+nginx_old_snippets:
+  - compression.conf
+
 nginx_workers: 4
 nginx_worker_connections: 1024
 nginx_multi_accept: 'off'
diff --git a/nginx/tasks/nginx-config.yml b/nginx/tasks/nginx-config.yml
index 06ea36f5..60d82f22 100644
--- a/nginx/tasks/nginx-config.yml
+++ b/nginx/tasks/nginx-config.yml
@@ -15,5 +15,9 @@
       template: src=nginx.conf.j2 dest=/etc/nginx/nginx.conf mode=444
       notify: Reload nginx
 
+    - name: Remove the old configuration snippets
+      file: dest=/etc/nginx/conf.d/{{ item }} state=absent
+      with_items: '{{ nginx_old_snippets }}'
+
   when: nginx_enabled
   tags: [ 'nginx', 'nginx_conf', 'nginx_virtualhost' ]