diff --git a/meta/main.yml b/meta/main.yml
index bf1ce54..bfc92b3 100644
--- a/meta/main.yml
+++ b/meta/main.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ galaxy_info:
   author: do1jlr
   description: Manage your SSH Server - and deploy a good sshd configuration
   license: "MIT"
-  min_ansible_version: 2.8
+  min_ansible_version: 2.11
   github_branch: main
   platforms:
     - name: Archlinux
diff --git a/tasks/versioncheck.yml b/tasks/versioncheck.yml
index dca3e47..5128cc8 100644
--- a/tasks/versioncheck.yml
+++ b/tasks/versioncheck.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 ---
+# Copyright (c) 2021 L3D <l3d@c3woc.de>
+# this file is released with the MIT license.
+# License: https://github.com/roles-ansible/ansible_role_template/blob/main/LICENSE
 - name: Create directory for versionscheck
   become: true
   ansible.builtin.file:
@@ -32,11 +35,6 @@
   when:
     - playbook_version.content|default("Mgo=")|b64decode|int - 1 >= playbook_version_number|int and submodules_versioncheck|bool
 
-- name: check if '/etc/ansible-version/' is empty
-  ansible.builtin.find:
-    paths: '/etc/ansible-version/'
-  register: filesFound
-
 - name: write new version to remote disk
   become: true
   ansible.builtin.copy:
diff --git a/vars/main.yml b/vars/main.yml
index ad8d25b..3e12ee4 100644
--- a/vars/main.yml
+++ b/vars/main.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-playbook_version_number: 5000  # should be int
+playbook_version_number: 5001  # should be int
 playbook_version_path: 'role-sshd_chaos-bodensee_github.com.version'
 
 sshd__service_var_path: