diff --git a/roles/common/tasks/packages_Ubuntu.yml b/roles/common/tasks/packages_Ubuntu.yml
index 14640f2..4c3a5c7 100644
--- a/roles/common/tasks/packages_Ubuntu.yml
+++ b/roles/common/tasks/packages_Ubuntu.yml
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@
     - command-not-found-data
     - python3-commandnotfound
 
+- name: Remove irqbalance
+  apt: pkg=irqbalance state=absent purge=yes
+
 - name: Configure cron-apt (config)
   copy: src=cron-apt/config dest=/etc/cron-apt/config mode=0644 owner=root group=root