diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index d53b55d2b5bab5c0e75ebea20ff90c1eb5db4c11..98d712d56d4b81a9b8da7b742be8d7255d2db17f 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ Role Variables
     collectd_riemann_server:
     collectd_collectd_server:
     collectd_statsd_server:
-    unattended_upgrades:
     tls_cert: # Filename of the TLS cert for that host.
     tls_key: # Filename of the TLS key for that host.
     tls_ca_cert: #Filename of the TLS CA cert for that host.
diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index 1135d1b01a684e47d88221c03ca31aac8f1be936..aa77d8979f109b5fe30b3c59de9cf2d17d44997a 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -29,8 +29,5 @@
 - include: collectd_agent.yml
   when: (collectd_graphite_server is defined or collectd_riemann_server is defined or collectd_collectd_server is defined or collectd_statsd_server is defined) and not common_role_finished is defined
 
-- include: unattended_upgrades.yml
-  when: unattended_upgrades|default(True) and ansible_os_family == 'Debian' and not common_role_finished is defined
-
 - set_fact:
     common_role_finished: True
diff --git a/tasks/unattended_upgrades.yml b/tasks/unattended_upgrades.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 64bf623ef9595bb1202c97324c7a1af7bd2a5903..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/tasks/unattended_upgrades.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
----
-
-- name: Assert
-  assert:
-    that: ansible_pkg_mgr == 'apt'
-
-- name: apt install unattended-upgrades
-  apt:
-    name: unattended-upgrades
-    state: present
-    update_cache: yes
-    cache_valid_time: 3600
-
-- name: Configure unattended-upgrades
-  with_items:
-  - dest: /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/50unattended-upgrades
-    line: 'Unattended-Upgrade::Mail "root";'
-    regexp: '^Unattended-Upgrade::Mail '
-  - dest: /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/50unattended-upgrades
-    line: 'Unattended-Upgrade::MailOnlyOnError "true";'
-    regexp: '^Unattended-Upgrade::MailOnlyOnError'
-  - dest: /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/20auto-upgrades
-    line: 'APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists "1";'
-    regexp: '^APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists'
-    create: yes
-    owner: root
-    group: root
-    mode: 0o0644
-  - dest: /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/20auto-upgrades
-    line: 'APT::Periodic::Unattended-Upgrade "1";'
-    regexp: '^APT::Periodic::Unattended-Upgrade'
-    create: yes
-    owner: root
-    group: root
-    mode: 0o0644
-  lineinfile:
-    dest: '{{ item.dest }}'
-    line: '{{ item.line }}'
-    regexp: '{{ item.regexp }}'
-    create: '{{ item.create|default(False) }}'
-    owner: '{{ item.owner|default(omit) }}'
-    group: '{{ item.group|default(omit) }}'
-    mode: '{{ item.mode|default(omit) }}'