diff --git a/tasks/configure_ntp.yml b/tasks/configure_ntp.yml
index a9b6294d82ff25f2886c3d0654dd7b6faaba3ee4..f344ec8e1ca01ebf13d03d5e31cfaebd48926234 100644
--- a/tasks/configure_ntp.yml
+++ b/tasks/configure_ntp.yml
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 ---
 # copy module modifies parent directory permissions, when file or directory is copied with owner and group different than root. It is also not idempotent and changes on subsequent runs.
 - name: configure NTP
-  ansible.builtin.copy:
-    src: "etc/ntp.conf"
-    dest: "/etc/ntp.conf"
-    owner: "root"
-    group: "root"
-    mode: "0644"
-  tags: [molecule-idempotence-notest]
+  ansible.builtin.file:
+    path: "/etc/ntp.conf"
+    state: absent
diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index ada2ad387cb8d081317800703e74ce1e56d7c196..5a005a4ab6802a4f1fc3d772266abe955d92ce56 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -146,7 +146,6 @@
 
 - name: NTP konfigurieren
   import_tasks: configure_ntp.yml
-  when: ansible_os_family == "RedHat"
   tags: [ntp]
 
 # there's no way to get this task to become idempotent, so we have to skip the test
diff --git a/tasks/migrate_ntpd_to_esxi_timesync.yml b/tasks/migrate_ntpd_to_esxi_timesync.yml
index a9df01be70655b1aac71e7784e93ecf03b1528a7..e9ab4d2f5a027418ff77779c366bd4b4a547cbbf 100644
--- a/tasks/migrate_ntpd_to_esxi_timesync.yml
+++ b/tasks/migrate_ntpd_to_esxi_timesync.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 - name: purge NTPd package
-  ansible.builtin.apt:
+  ansible.builtin.package:
     name: "ntp"
     state: absent