diff --git a/client/tasks/software.yml b/client/tasks/software.yml
index 86d19835c590e414e82974fc2be86b44356ed7e6..14086158d896a3264bf3f64857eaecd49a5f9898 100644
--- a/client/tasks/software.yml
+++ b/client/tasks/software.yml
@@ -110,6 +110,12 @@
       - gdb
     state: present
 
+- name: Remove legacy Mozilla packages
+  apt:
+    name: xul-ext-quotecolors
+    state: absent
+    purge: yes
+
 - name: ensure mozilla applications are installed
   apt:
     name:
@@ -119,8 +125,6 @@
       - firefox-esr-l10n-de
       - lightning
       - lightning-l10n-de
-      - enigmail
-      - xul-ext-quotecolors
     state: present
 
 - name: ensure google applications are installed