diff --git a/roles/mgrote.zfs_sanoid/defaults/main.yml b/roles/mgrote.zfs_sanoid/defaults/main.yml
index 45e4009d..43d4bd15 100644
--- a/roles/mgrote.zfs_sanoid/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/mgrote.zfs_sanoid/defaults/main.yml
@@ -45,17 +45,3 @@
       frequent_period: '0'
       autosnap: 'yes'
       autoprune: 'yes'
-
-
-# weg
-
-  ### under which user the script is run
-  sanoid_user_group: "root"
-  sanoid_user: "sanoid"
-
-  ### where to store the logfile
-  sanoid_log_file: "/var/log/sanoid-cron.log"
-
-  ### where to download the binary + config
-  sanoid_dl_url: "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jimsalterjrs/sanoid/master/sanoid"
-  sanoid_dl_conf_url: "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jimsalterjrs/sanoid/master/sanoid.defaults.conf"
diff --git a/roles/mgrote.zfs_sanoid/tasks/main.yml b/roles/mgrote.zfs_sanoid/tasks/main.yml
index 3eda612c..43ab8e76 100644
--- a/roles/mgrote.zfs_sanoid/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/mgrote.zfs_sanoid/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
 ---
-  - name: include user tasks # entfernen
-    include_tasks: user.yml
-
   - name: install packages
     become: true
     ansible.builtin.package:
@@ -14,6 +11,6 @@
     ansible.builtin.template:
       src: sanoid.conf.j2
       dest: /etc/sanoid/sanoid.conf
-      owner: "{{ sanoid_user }}"
-      group: "{{ sanoid_user_group }}"
+      owner: root
+      group: root
       mode: 0644
diff --git a/roles/mgrote.zfs_sanoid/tasks/user.yml b/roles/mgrote.zfs_sanoid/tasks/user.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 815a4b8e..00000000
--- a/roles/mgrote.zfs_sanoid/tasks/user.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
----
-
-  - name: ensure user exists  # ENTRFERNERN!!!!!
-    become: true
-    ansible.builtin.user:
-      name: "{{ sanoid_user }}"
-      group: "{{ sanoid_user_group }}"
-      shell: /usr/sbin/nologin
-      create_home: no
-      state: absent
-
-  - name: add user to sudoers # ENTRFERNERN!!!!!
-    become: true
-    ansible.builtin.blockinfile:
-      path: /etc/sudoers
-      state: absent
-      block:  |
-        {{ sanoid_user }} ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL
-      validate: '/usr/sbin/visudo -cf %s'
-      backup: yes
-      marker_begin: sanoid-sudoers BEGIN
-      marker_end: sanoid-sudoers END
-    when:
-      - sanoid_user_group is defined
-      - sanoid_user is defined