diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index 32f56f7beaebfd4522d43d2df75892fc0ae16ddd..4ecbe0762944c4b732730ce7cb43aa1c8247bfd0 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -75,7 +75,3 @@
 - name: cleanup remainders of METS-based SubApp
   ansible.builtin.import_tasks: "cleanup_legacy.yml"
   tags: [cleanup]
-
-- name: remove not required packages
-  ansible.builtin.import_tasks: "remove_packages.yml"
-  tags: [cleanup]
diff --git a/tasks/remove_packages.yml b/tasks/remove_packages.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index eb994417a0cbac8aef7512bb73255f338cee5618..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/tasks/remove_packages.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
----
-### PAKETDEINSTALLATIONEN ###
-- name: clamav entfernen
-  block:
-    # This cannot be done using the `systemd` module, so we ignore the linter
-    # warning.
-    - name: clamav Prüfung    # noqa command-instead-of-module
-      # command: systemctl list-unit-files | grep clam
-      ansible.builtin.command: systemctl list-unit-files clamav-daemon.service clamav-freshclam.service
-      register: check_clamav_installed
-      failed_when:
-        - ( "0 unit files listed." not in check_clamav_installed.stdout )
-        - ( check_clamav_installed.rc != 0 )
-      changed_when:
-        - ( "0 unit files listed." not in check_clamav_installed.stdout )
-        - ( check_clamav_installed.rc != 0 )
-    - name: clamav Deinstallation
-      when:
-        - ( "0 unit files listed." not in check_clamav_installed.stdout )
-      block:
-        - name: clamav systemd Services deaktivieren
-          ansible.builtin.systemd:
-            name: "{{ item }}"
-            enabled: false
-            state: stopped
-          loop:
-            - 'clamav-daemon.service'
-            - 'clamav-freshclam.service'
-          # ignore_errors: true
-        - name: clamav Pakete deinstallieren
-          ansible.builtin.apt:
-            name:
-              - 'clamav'
-              - 'clamav-base'
-              - 'clamav-freshclam'
-            state: absent
-            purge: true
-            autoremove: true