diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ff0c0091f..23e9c4033 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 # local ansible configuration
 ansible/inventory
 ansible/passwords/
-ansible/lemmy-*.hjson
 
 # docker build files
 docker/lemmy_mine.hjson
diff --git a/ansible/update_config.yml b/ansible/update_config.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 685a895b6..000000000
--- a/ansible/update_config.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
----
-- hosts: all
-
-  tasks:
-  - name: check if config file was already fetched from server before
-    local_action: stat path='lemmy-{{domain}}.hjson'
-    register: stat_local_config_file
-
-  - name: on first run, fetch lemmy config for local editing
-    fetch:
-      src: '{{lemmy_base_dir}}/lemmy.hjson'
-      dest: 'lemmy-{{domain}}.hjson'
-      flat: yes
-    when: stat_local_config_file.stat.exists == False
-
-  - name: copy local lemmy config to server
-    copy:
-      src: 'lemmy-{{domain}}.hjson'
-      dest: '{{lemmy_base_dir}}/lemmy.hjson'
-      mode: '0600'
-      owner: '1000'
-      group: '1000'
-
-
-  - name: restart lemmy to apply new config
-    docker_compose:
-      project_src: '{{lemmy_base_dir}}'
-      state: present
-      restarted: yes
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