diff --git a/handlers/main.yml b/handlers/main.yml
index 2e0425bd3fae4603e0cdb74c056e4f93bcdf6993..c0b55126be580d341e482c09b8e425a4fb120536 100644
--- a/handlers/main.yml
+++ b/handlers/main.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,2 @@
 ---
 # handlers file for unattended-upgrades
-
-- name: Restart unattended-upgrades
-  service:
-      name: unattended-upgrades
-      state: restarted
diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index b66c5bbc4c9193cab10c09a463cc1910d1f193a1..376beb6721b86762ef63308846852845cfc23fa4 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -24,11 +24,3 @@
       owner: root
       group: root
       mode: 0o0644
-  notify:
-      - Restart unattended-upgrades
-
-- name: Enable service
-  service:
-      name: unattended-upgrades
-      state: started
-      enabled: yes
diff --git a/tests/test_unattended_upgrades.py b/tests/test_unattended_upgrades.py
index 22d31f90f5afc7701ad1c150cf07fc96dd14a60c..6b51e6c7758ecb86a400b9a9338c9f652ba5d47b 100644
--- a/tests/test_unattended_upgrades.py
+++ b/tests/test_unattended_upgrades.py
@@ -3,11 +3,6 @@ from testinfra.utils.ansible_runner import AnsibleRunner
 testinfra_hosts = AnsibleRunner('.molecule/ansible_inventory').get_hosts('all')
 
 
-def test_unattended_upgrades_service(Service):
-    assert Service('unattended-upgrades').is_enabled
-    assert Service('unattended-upgrades').is_running
-
-
 def test_unattended_upgrades_package(Package):
     assert Package('unattended-upgrades').is_installed