diff --git a/tasks/configure-apache.yml b/tasks/configure-apache.yml
index e9b760972013be93ceac3268a1ccfbab0e423898..897311f40162f50ed546cfd041e1bd096b0663e7 100644
--- a/tasks/configure-apache.yml
+++ b/tasks/configure-apache.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
       dest: "/etc/logrotate.d/"
   notify:
     - restart apache
-  tags: [apache]
 
 - name: Konfigurationsdateien einspielen (templated)
   template:
@@ -22,7 +21,6 @@
       dest: "/etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf"
   notify:
     - restart apache
-  tags: [apache]
 
 # symlink /etc/apache2/mods-available/cgi.load to /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/
 - name: CGI-Extension-Modul aktivieren
@@ -30,21 +28,18 @@
     name: "cgid"
   notify:
     - restart apache
-  tags: [apache]
 
 # symlink /etc/apache2/conf-available/serve-cgi-bin.conf to /etc/apache2/conf-enabled/
 - name: CGI-Extension-Config aktivieren
   command: "/usr/sbin/a2enconf serve-cgi-bin"        # noqa 301
   notify:
     - restart apache
-  tags: [apache]
 
 ### STARTSEITE INSTALLIEREN ###
 - name: alte Startseite löschen
   file:
     path: "/var/www/html/index.html"
     state: absent
-  tags: [apache]
 
 - name: Startseite neu installieren
   blockinfile:
@@ -71,7 +66,6 @@
         </body>
       </html>
     insertafter: EOF
-  tags: [apache]
 
 - name: set HTTP timeout
   lineinfile:
@@ -81,4 +75,3 @@
     state: present
   notify:
     - restart apache
-  tags: [apache]
diff --git a/tasks/configure-crontab.yml b/tasks/configure-crontab.yml
index 42945230fbb7528b86090e7bb2fdc5262e805936..7de424f32b4a91e1c29998687920edd97a0af862 100644
--- a/tasks/configure-crontab.yml
+++ b/tasks/configure-crontab.yml
@@ -10,4 +10,3 @@
     minute: "0"
     user: "{{ vault_users.0.name }}"
     job: 'find /tmp/ -maxdepth 1 -name "tmpfile*" -mtime +1 -exec rm \{\} \; >/dev/null 2>&1'
-  tags: [cron]
diff --git a/tasks/configure-iptables.yml b/tasks/configure-iptables.yml
index 6ac24ea3d79c6fc159d20b56a4418ae329e58d81..19be08f216661620d0c8577ba3ef5466bd54c821 100644
--- a/tasks/configure-iptables.yml
+++ b/tasks/configure-iptables.yml
@@ -18,4 +18,3 @@
   loop: "{{ vault_iptables|flatten(levels=1) }}"
   notify:
     - save iptables rules
-  tags: [iptables]
diff --git a/tasks/configure-nfs-mounts.yml b/tasks/configure-nfs-mounts.yml
index ae92a1b6dc5b563869fb5ab66c725085453b5d14..d62f54537d8590a569f82b4a57b84b145323d768 100644
--- a/tasks/configure-nfs-mounts.yml
+++ b/tasks/configure-nfs-mounts.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
   file:
     path: "{{ vault_nfs_mounts.log.mountpoint }}{{ ansible_hostname }}"
     state: directory
-  tags: [log]
 
 - name: NFS-Shares fuer Logging mounten
   mount:
@@ -12,4 +11,4 @@
     state: mounted
     fstype: "nfs"
     opts: "defaults,nodev,nosuid,rsize=65536,wsize=65536,vers=3"
-  tags: [log, notest]
+  tags: [notest]
diff --git a/tasks/configure_local_mounts.yml b/tasks/configure_local_mounts.yml
index 66af67f60d5bd848e48e7a04123bac953f73caef..2a2eb80e32e450554534a2e21a85e705603c2b29 100644
--- a/tasks/configure_local_mounts.yml
+++ b/tasks/configure_local_mounts.yml
@@ -7,4 +7,3 @@
     path: "/tmp"
     src: "tmpfs"
     state: mounted
-  tags: [mount]
diff --git a/tasks/create-users-groups.yml b/tasks/create-users-groups.yml
index 058a3f75b78cbf96904eb4286e30f7c6b63b2733..f6b00ac6c82b2e8ebb98d14ed8d27d4af6ce9f4e 100644
--- a/tasks/create-users-groups.yml
+++ b/tasks/create-users-groups.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
     name: "{{ item.name }}"
     gid: "{{ item.gid }}"
   loop: "{{ vault_groups | flatten(levels=1) }}"
-  tags: [users]
 
 - name: User in Gruppen einfügen und primäre Gruppe setzen
   user:
@@ -12,4 +11,3 @@
     group: "{{ item.group }}"
     groups: "{{ item.groups }}"
   loop: "{{ vault_users | flatten(levels=1) }}"
-  tags: [users]
diff --git a/tasks/install-callas-pdf-engine.yml b/tasks/install-callas-pdf-engine.yml
index 3d4289326e16bdc6dcbaa6284f60c5efa9768f06..03816d360804c073c29fa7b1ffa28cab6efea926 100644
--- a/tasks/install-callas-pdf-engine.yml
+++ b/tasks/install-callas-pdf-engine.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
     path: "/usr/lib/cgi-bin/"
     state: directory
     mode: "0755"
-  tags: [callaspdf]
 
 - name: remove old version of callas PDFEngine
   file:
@@ -12,12 +11,10 @@
     state: absent
   loop:
     - "/usr/local/lib/callas_pdfEngine_SDK_x64"
-  tags: [callaspdf]
 - name: create new dest directory for callas PDFEngine
   file:
     path: "/usr/local/lib/callas_pdfEngine_SDK_x64"
     state: directory
-  tags: [callaspdf]
 
 # get latest version of callas PDFEngine at http://www.callassoftware.com/extranet/callas_pdfEngineSDK/callas_pdfEngineSDK_x64_Linux.tar.gz
 # downloading with unarchive will be deprecated, so we use a separate copy task
@@ -27,7 +24,6 @@
     src: "pdf_treatment/callas_pdfEngineSDK_x64_Linux_{{ vault_callas_sdk_version }}.tar.gz"
     # dest: "/home/{{ vault_users[0].name }}/"
     dest: "/usr/local/lib/"
-  tags: [callaspdf]
 
 # caution, don't extract to /tmp (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/28569)
 - name: unpack callas PDFEngine
@@ -37,13 +33,11 @@
     dest: "/usr/local/lib/callas_pdfEngine_SDK_x64"
     remote_src: true
     follow: "yes"
-  tags: [callaspdf]
 
 - name: ... and remove source (as there's no actual move module in Ansible).
   file:
     path: "/usr/local/lib/callas_pdfEngineSDK_x64_Linux_{{ vault_callas_sdk_version }}.tar.gz"
     state: absent
-  tags: [callaspdf]
 
 - name: set permissions
   file:
@@ -51,7 +45,6 @@
     group: "www-data"
     recurse: true
     state: directory
-  tags: [callaspdf]
 
 # symlink callas PDFEngine from '/home/lza/callas_pdfEngine_SDK_x64/lib' to '/usr/lib/cgi-bin/lib'
 - name: symlink callas PDFEngine from '/usr/local/lib/callas_pdfEngine_SDK_x64/*' to '/usr/lib/cgi-bin/*'
@@ -62,7 +55,6 @@
   loop:
     - "lib"
     - "lang"
-  tags: [callaspdf]
 
 - name: Symlinks auf mitgelieferte libstdc++ löschen
   file:
@@ -71,13 +63,11 @@
   loop:
     - "/usr/local/lib/callas_pdfEngine_SDK_x64/lib/libstdc++.so"
     - "/usr/local/lib/callas_pdfEngine_SDK_x64/lib/libstdc++.so.6"
-  tags: [callaspdf]
 
 - name: install packages
   apt:
     name: "libstdc++-8-dev"
     state: present
-  tags: [callaspdf]
 
 - name: Symlinks auf Systemlibraries erstellen
   file:
@@ -90,7 +80,6 @@
     - src: "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6"
       dest: "/usr/local/lib/callas_pdfEngine_SDK_x64/callas_pdfEngineSDK_x64_Linux_{{ vault_callas_sdk_version }}/lib/libstdc++.so.6"
   notify: run ldconfig to configure dynamic linker run-time bindings
-  tags: [callaspdf]
 
 # provide fonts for callas
 - name: create font-cache folder
@@ -100,7 +89,6 @@
     mode: "0775"
     owner: "www-data"
     group: "www-data"
-  tags: [callaspdf]
 
 # install applefonts
 - name: copy applefonts
@@ -110,4 +98,3 @@
     follow: "yes"
   notify:
     - run fc-cache to rebuild font information cache files and add applefonts
-  tags: [callaspdf]
diff --git a/tasks/install-converters.yml b/tasks/install-converters.yml
index 30ffec608a65571d73297b409409f2b97a7e7c86..58903a7d5fa0624d3c704ee536c145d6f4c005b4 100644
--- a/tasks/install-converters.yml
+++ b/tasks/install-converters.yml
@@ -5,4 +5,3 @@
     src: "pdf_treatment/convert_to_pdfa.bin"
     dest: "/usr/lib/cgi-bin/convert_to"
     mode: "0755"
-  tags: [converters]
diff --git a/tasks/install-packages.yml b/tasks/install-packages.yml
index b39bfde71fd5b1504ab1167bedc8eb4ee4ab104c..73631d22df2b96c189aa22e1a8861e2dfb923820 100644
--- a/tasks/install-packages.yml
+++ b/tasks/install-packages.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 - name: apt-get update
   apt:
     update_cache: "yes"
-  tags: [apt]
 
 - name: Install/Update Debian packages
   apt:
@@ -42,7 +41,6 @@
       'ttf-mscorefonts-installer',
       'unzip'
     ]
-  tags: [apt]
 
 - name: remove unnecessary packages
   apt:
@@ -50,4 +48,3 @@
     name: [
       'libtiff-tools'
     ]
-  tags: [apt]
diff --git a/tasks/install-validators.yml b/tasks/install-validators.yml
index 2af946a4a2fe437ed3521742d2a35c479ccb3e74..9e3749c4af781b071b5f7fb8278b1e9221748c7d 100644
--- a/tasks/install-validators.yml
+++ b/tasks/install-validators.yml
@@ -6,4 +6,3 @@
     src: "pdf_treatment/validate_pdfa.bin"
     dest: "/usr/lib/cgi-bin/is_valid"
     mode: "0755"
-  tags: [validators]