diff --git a/request-tracker/tasks/main.yml b/request-tracker/tasks/main.yml
index 81f53332664fe30d61fab3c692b91d811c1a52b0..68b7ca82a6917a8d61dbf5d6630a1cc0f8fd8c46 100644
--- a/request-tracker/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/request-tracker/tasks/main.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,23 @@
     - packages
     - rt
 
+- name: Remove Debian’s config
+  file:
+    dest: /etc/request-tracker4/RT_SiteConfig.d/{{item}}.pm
+    state: link
+    src: /dev/null
+    force: yes
+  with_items:
+    - 40-timezone
+    - 50-debconf
+    - 51-dbconfig-common
+    - 60-logging
+  notify:
+    - restart RT
+  tags:
+    - config
+    - rt
+
 - name: Have RT config installed
   template: src=RT_SiteConfig.pm.j2 dest=/etc/request-tracker4/RT_SiteConfig.pm owner=root group=www-data mode=0660
   tags: