diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5bdb5f5..c2ab631 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Ansible playbook for base and initial configuration of the web server hosting my
 ## Assumptions
 Before you can run this, a few things are assumed:
 
-- You have a clean, minimal Debian 8, Debian 9, or Ubuntu 16.04 host up and running
+- You have a clean, minimal Debian 9 or Ubuntu 16.04 host up and running
 - You have a user account with password-less SSH access to the machine
 - You have sudo privileges on the remote host
 - You have created a `hosts` file with something like:
diff --git a/roles/common/tasks/ntp.yml b/roles/common/tasks/ntp.yml
index edf90ea..db4d5e8 100644
--- a/roles/common/tasks/ntp.yml
+++ b/roles/common/tasks/ntp.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-# Hosts running Ubuntu 16.04 or Debian 8 use the systemd init system and should
+# Hosts running Ubuntu 16.04 and Debian 9 use the systemd init system and should
 # use timedatectl as a network time client instead of the standalone ntp client.
 # Earlier versions of those distros should use the ntp/ntpd package.
 
diff --git a/roles/php-fpm/handlers/main.yml b/roles/php-fpm/handlers/main.yml
index 2217ea6..2067b3a 100644
--- a/roles/php-fpm/handlers/main.yml
+++ b/roles/php-fpm/handlers/main.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
 ---
-# For Debian 8
-- name: restart php5-fpm
-  service: name=php5-fpm state=restarted
-
 # For Ubuntu 16.04 and Debian 9
 - name: reload php7.0-fpm
   systemd: name=php7.0-fpm state=reloaded
diff --git a/roles/php-fpm/tasks/Debian.yml b/roles/php-fpm/tasks/Debian.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index fbc3bb8..0000000
--- a/roles/php-fpm/tasks/Debian.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
----
-- name: Install php5-fpm and deps
-  apt: name={{ item }} state=present update_cache=yes
-  with_items:
-    - php5-fpm
-    # for WordPress
-    - php5-mysql
-    - php5-gd
-    - php5-curl
-  tags: php-fpm, packages
-
-# only copy php-fpm config for vhosts that need WordPress or PHP
-- name: Copy php5-fpm pool config
-  template: src=pool.conf.j2 dest=/etc/php5/fpm/pool.d/{{ item.domain_name }}.conf owner=root group=root mode=0644
-  with_items: "{{ nginx_vhosts }}"
-  when: (item.has_wordpress is defined and item.has_wordpress == True) or (item.needs_php is defined and item.needs_php == True)
-  notify: restart php5-fpm
-  tags: php-fpm
-
-- name: Remove default www pool
-  file: path=/etc/php5/fpm/pool.d/www.conf state=absent
-  notify: restart php5-fpm
-  tags: php-fpm
-
-# re-configure php.ini
-- name: Update php.ini
-  template: src=php.ini.j2 dest=/etc/php5/fpm/php.ini owner=root group=root mode=0644
-  notify: restart php5-fpm
-  tags: php-fpm
-
-# vim: set ts=2 sw=2:
diff --git a/roles/php-fpm/tasks/main.yml b/roles/php-fpm/tasks/main.yml
index b177dfe..b9abec4 100644
--- a/roles/php-fpm/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/php-fpm/tasks/main.yml
@@ -2,11 +2,6 @@
 # Note: Debian 9's php-fpm config is identical to Ubuntu 16.04's, so for now we
 # can capitalize on that and use the same tasks.
 
-- name: Configure php-fpm on old Debian
-  import_tasks: Debian.yml
-  when: ansible_distribution == 'Debian' and ansible_distribution_major_version | version_compare('9', '<')
-  tags: php-fpm
-
 - name: Configure php-fpm on Ubuntu and Debian 9
   import_tasks: Ubuntu.yml
   when: ansible_distribution == 'Ubuntu' or (ansible_distribution == 'Debian' and ansible_distribution_major_version | version_compare('9', '=='))