diff --git a/tasks/versioncheck.yml b/tasks/versioncheck.yml
index 9cfdbba..9895582 100644
--- a/tasks/versioncheck.yml
+++ b/tasks/versioncheck.yml
@@ -7,15 +7,6 @@
     mode: 0755
   when: submodules_versioncheck|bool
 
-- name: check legacy playbook version
-  become: true
-  slurp:
-    src: "/etc/ansible-version/{{ playbook_version_path }}"
-  register: legacy_playbook_version
-  when: submodules_versioncheck|bool
-  ignore_errors: yes
-  changed_when: False
-
 - name: check playbook version
   become: true
   slurp:
@@ -39,26 +30,12 @@
     msg: "Your ansible module has the version '{{ playbook_version_number }}' and is outdated. You need to update it!"
   when:
     - playbook_version.content|default("Mgo=")|b64decode|int - 1 >= playbook_version_number|int and submodules_versioncheck|bool
-    - legacy_playbook_version.content|default("Mgo=")|b64decode|int - 1 >= playbook_version_number|int and submodules_versioncheck|bool
-
-- name: delete legacy version if needed
-  become: true
-  file:
-    state: absent
-    path: "/etc/ansible-version/{{ playbook_version_path }}"
 
 - name: check if '/etc/ansible-version/' is empty
   find:
     paths: '/etc/ansible-version/'
   register: filesFound
 
-- name: delete legacy version folder if needed
-  become: true
-  file:
-    state: absent
-    path: "/etc/ansible-version"
-  when: filesFound.matched < 0
-
 - name: write new version to remote disk
   become: true
   copy:
diff --git a/vars/main.yml b/vars/main.yml
index 19652fc..92105f1 100644
--- a/vars/main.yml
+++ b/vars/main.yml
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@ bash:
   shell: "/bin/bash"
   keyboard: '$(if [[ $(id -u) -ne 0 ]];then echo "\[\033[01;33m\]"; else echo "\[\033[01;31m\]"; fi) $(if [[ $? == 0 ]]; then printf "\xE2\x9D\xA4"; fi) \[\033[01;32m\]\u\[\033[01;36m\]@\[\033[01;32m\]\H\[\033[01;34m\] <\A> \[\033[01;35m\] \j \[\033[01;36m\] \w \[\033[01;33m\]\n\[\033[01;33m\] $(git branch 2>/dev/null | sed -n "s/* \(.*\)/\1 /p")$\[\033[01;00m\] '
 
-playbook_version_number: 2052 # should be over ninethousand
+playbook_version_number: 2053 # should be over ninethousand
 playbook_version_path: 'role_dotfiles_chaos-bodensee_github.version'