diff --git a/roles/common/tasks/firewall_Ubuntu.yml b/roles/common/tasks/firewall_Ubuntu.yml
index 88c64b5..6486558 100644
--- a/roles/common/tasks/firewall_Ubuntu.yml
+++ b/roles/common/tasks/firewall_Ubuntu.yml
@@ -4,9 +4,6 @@
 # Ubuntu 16.04 will use firewalld with the iptables backend.
 
 - block:
-  - include_tasks: firewall_Ubuntu_cleanup.yml
-    when: ansible_distribution_version is version('20.04', '==')
-
   - name: Set Ubuntu firewall packages
     when: ansible_distribution_version is version('20.04', '<')
     set_fact:
diff --git a/roles/common/tasks/firewall_Ubuntu_cleanup.yml b/roles/common/tasks/firewall_Ubuntu_cleanup.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 35e1375..0000000
--- a/roles/common/tasks/firewall_Ubuntu_cleanup.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
----
-# Clean up previous firewalld configuration on Ubuntu 20.04, now that we are
-# migrating to a pure nftables configuration.
-
-- name: Stop and disable firewalld
-  systemd: name=nftables state=stopped enabled=no
-
-- name: Set Ubuntu firewall packages to remove
-  set_fact:
-    ubuntu_firewall_packages:
-      - firewalld
-      - tidy
-
-- name: Remove old firewall packages
-  apt: pkg={{ ubuntu_firewall_packages }} state=absent
-
-- name: Remove old firewalld zone and ipsets
-  file: dest={{ item }} state=absent
-  loop:
-    - /etc/firewalld/zones/public.xml
-    - /etc/firewalld/ipsets/abusers-ipv4.xml
-    - /etc/firewalld/ipsets/abusers-ipv6.xml
-    - /etc/firewalld/ipsets/spamhaus-ipv4.xml
-    - /etc/firewalld/ipsets/spamhaus-ipv6.xml
-
-- name: Stop and disable old Spamhaus firewalld systemd timer
-  systemd: name=update-spamhaus-lists.timer state=stopped enabled=no
-
-- name: Remove old Spamhaus firewalld update script and systemd units
-  file: dest={{ item }} state=absent
-  loop:
-    - /usr/local/bin/update-spamhaus-lists.sh
-    - /etc/systemd/system/update-spamhaus-lists.service
-    - /etc/systemd/system/update-spamhaus-lists.timer
-
-# need to reload to pick up service/timer/environment changes
-- name: Reload systemd daemon
-  systemd: daemon_reload=yes
-
-# vim: set sw=2 ts=2: