--- - name: stop units become: yes ansible.builtin.systemd: name: motd-news masked: yes state: stopped notify: systemctl_reset_failed register: scsstop ignore_errors: true - name: disable units become: yes ansible.builtin.shell: systemctl disable motd-news when: scsstop.changed - name: Remove files become: yes ansible.builtin.file: path: - rm /etc/systemd/system/motd-news - rm /usr/lib/systemd/system/motd-news state: absent - name: force systemd to reread configs become: yes ansible.builtin.systemd: daemon_reload: yes when: scsstop.changed # https://superuser.com/questions/513159/how-to-remove-systemd-services