diff --git a/handlers/main.yml b/handlers/main.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index eabe42f..0000000
--- a/handlers/main.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
----
-- name: systemctl restart acmetool
-  become: true
-  ansible.builtin.systemd:
-    name: 'acmetool.service'
-    state: 'restarted'
-    enabled: true
diff --git a/tasks/systemd.yml b/tasks/systemd.yml
index 4c74e47..2163993 100644
--- a/tasks/systemd.yml
+++ b/tasks/systemd.yml
@@ -7,11 +7,7 @@
     owner: 'root'
     group: 'root'
     mode: '0644'
-  notify: systemctl restart acmetool
 
 - name: force systemd to reread configs and start acmetool
   ansible.builtin.systemd:
     daemon_reload: true
-    name: 'acmetool.service'
-    state: 'started'
-    enabled: true
diff --git a/vars/main.yml b/vars/main.yml
index 9879ea7..ac6ff26 100644
--- a/vars/main.yml
+++ b/vars/main.yml
@@ -33,5 +33,5 @@ acmetool__restart_hook:
     - 'files'
 
 # versionscheck
-playbook_version_number: 29   # should be a integer
+playbook_version_number: 30   # should be a integer
 playbook_version_path: 'do1jlr.role-acmetool.version'