diff --git a/tasks/configure_proxy.yml b/tasks/configure_proxy.yml
index c1c6bd638d7fdc70f5559b3019cd9c429f4da47d..818854607df07d326643a5301748af5c2d4f49bd 100644
--- a/tasks/configure_proxy.yml
+++ b/tasks/configure_proxy.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     mode: "0644"
     owner: "root"
     group: "root"
-    state: present
+    state: absent
     block: |
       ### HTTP:
       # http_proxy=http://<Benutzername>:<Passwort>@<Proxy>:<Port>
@@ -29,3 +29,4 @@
   ansible.builtin.lineinfile:
     dest: "/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/70debconf"
     line: 'Acquire::http::Proxy { "http://{{ vault_proxy_hostname }}.{{ vault_proxy_domain }}:{{ vault_proxy_http_port }}" };'
+    state: absent
diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index 1b4afcafc711bf22e1efef4f8385bcdb41491029..32f56f7beaebfd4522d43d2df75892fc0ae16ddd 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
     - "human_users.vault"
     - "iptables.vault"
     - "nfs_mounts.vault"
-    - "proxy.vault"
     - "sftp.vault"
     - "ssh_publickeys.vault"
     - "check_ie_sample.vault"
diff --git a/vars/proxy.vault.example b/vars/proxy.vault.example
deleted file mode 100644
index ef70d2610e07241dee52cc13b7386a20345b5261..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/vars/proxy.vault.example
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
----
-vault_proxy_hostname: "{{ 'PRODUCTION_PROXY_HOSTNAME' if not 'test' in ansible_hostname else 'TEST_PROXY_HOSTNAME' }}"
-vault_proxy_domain: "example.com"
-vault_proxy_http_port: "PORT_NUMBER"
-vault_proxy_https_port: "PORT_NUMBER"
-vault_no_proxy: "LIST, OF, FQDNs, THAT, SHOULD, BE, REACHED, DIRECTLY"