diff --git a/playbooks/3_service/laptop.yml b/playbooks/3_service/laptop.yml
index 4f7e2c39..689bee78 100644
--- a/playbooks/3_service/laptop.yml
+++ b/playbooks/3_service/laptop.yml
@@ -46,6 +46,3 @@
     - role: mgrote_install_deb_files_from_url
       tags: "deb"
       become: true
-    - role: mgrote_timeshift
-      tags: "timeshift"
-      become: true
diff --git a/roles/mgrote_timeshift/handlers/main.yml b/roles/mgrote_timeshift/handlers/main.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index dced8ff2..00000000
--- a/roles/mgrote_timeshift/handlers/main.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
----
-- name: create snapshot
-  become: true
-  ansible.builtin.shell: "/usr/bin/timeshift --scripted --create"
diff --git a/roles/mgrote_timeshift/tasks/main.yml b/roles/mgrote_timeshift/tasks/main.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 2663b394..00000000
--- a/roles/mgrote_timeshift/tasks/main.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
----
-- name: install packages
-  become: true
-  ansible.builtin.package:
-    name:
-      - timeshift
-    state: present
-  notify: create snapshot
-
-- name: copy timeshift config
-  become: true
-  ansible.builtin.template:
-    src: "timeshift.json"
-    dest: "/etc/timeshift/timeshift.json"
-
-- name: create timeshift cronjob
-  become: true
-  ansible.builtin.cron:
-    name: restic
-    state: present
-    job: "/usr/bin/timeshift --scripted --create"
-    minute: "7"
-    hour: "*/4"
diff --git a/roles/mgrote_timeshift/templates/timeshift.json b/roles/mgrote_timeshift/templates/timeshift.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 8586dc94..00000000
--- a/roles/mgrote_timeshift/templates/timeshift.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "backup_device_uuid" : "9b924961-0fd4-423f-b440-f2f3d1fa46d8",
-  "parent_device_uuid" : "",
-  "do_first_run" : "false",
-  "btrfs_mode" : "false",
-  "include_btrfs_home_for_backup" : "false",
-  "include_btrfs_home_for_restore" : "false",
-  "stop_cron_emails" : "false",
-  "btrfs_use_qgroup" : "false",
-  "schedule_monthly" : "false",
-  "schedule_weekly" : "false",
-  "schedule_daily" : "false",
-  "schedule_hourly" : "false",
-  "schedule_boot" : "false",
-  "count_monthly" : "2",
-  "count_weekly" : "3",
-  "count_daily" : "7",
-  "count_hourly" : "6",
-  "count_boot" : "5",
-  "snapshot_size" : "7515627384",
-  "snapshot_count" : "254372",
-  "date_format" : "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S",
-  "exclude" : [],
-  "exclude-apps" : []
-}