diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 8542e3b..2e991ea 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ certbot_auto_renew_user: "{{ ansible_user | default(lookup('env', 'USER')) }}"
 certbot_auto_renew_hour: "3"
 certbot_auto_renew_minute: "30"
 certbot_auto_renew_options: "--quiet --no-self-upgrade"
-certbot_nginx_conf_path: /etc/nginx/conf.d/
 # Parameters used when creating new Certbot certs.
 certbot_force: false
 certbot_create_if_missing: false
diff --git a/tasks/create-cert-standalone.yml b/tasks/create-cert-standalone.yml
index 517f4a2..2750ec3 100644
--- a/tasks/create-cert-standalone.yml
+++ b/tasks/create-cert-standalone.yml
@@ -45,15 +45,3 @@
   openssl_dhparam:
     path: /etc/letsencrypt/ssl-dhparams.pem
     size: 2048
-
-- name: ensure conf.d exist
-  file:
-    mode: 0750
-    path: "{{ certbot_nginx_conf_path }}"
-    state: directory
-
-- name: create nginx config ssl file
-  template:
-    mode: 0750
-    dest: "{{ certbot_nginx_conf_path }}/{% if certbot_cert_name %}{{ certbot_cert_name }}{% else %}{{ cert_item.domains | first | replace('*.', '') }}{% endif %}.ssl"
-    src: nginx_ssl_config.j2
diff --git a/templates/nginx_ssl_config.j2 b/templates/nginx_ssl_config.j2
deleted file mode 100644
index 5bd4299..0000000
--- a/templates/nginx_ssl_config.j2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/{% if certbot_cert_name %}{{certbot_cert_name}}{% else %}{{ cert_item.domains | first | replace('*.', '') }}{% endif %}/fullchain.pem;
-ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/{% if certbot_cert_name %}{{certbot_cert_name}}{% else %}{{ cert_item.domains | first | replace('*.', '') }}{% endif %}/privkey.pem;
-ssl_session_cache shared:le_nginx_SSL:10m;
-ssl_session_timeout 1440m;
-ssl_session_tickets off;
-ssl_protocols TLSv1.2 TLSv1.3;
-ssl_prefer_server_ciphers off;
-ssl_ciphers "ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:DHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384";
-ssl_dhparam /etc/letsencrypt/ssl-dhparams.pem; 
-add_header Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains" always;
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