diff --git a/webserver/tasks/main.yml b/webserver/tasks/main.yml
index 187b4ab6acb057e14152632b6ddfbe3e1ef2db01..f74319e95997aae0d430d06b8b651af0437c8f33 100644
--- a/webserver/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/webserver/tasks/main.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 - name: include debian version specific configuration
   include_vars:
-    file: "{{debian_version|default('fallback')}}.yml"
+    file: "{{ ansible_distribution_release }}.yml"
   tags:
     - nginx
     - webservices
diff --git a/webserver/vars/fallback.yml b/webserver/vars/fallback.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 972a42e1450bb0ac279b0dd3b42025d07eb58702..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/webserver/vars/fallback.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
----
-# yamllint disable rule:line-length
-
-protocols:
-  modern: 'TLSv1.2'
-  intermediate: 'TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2'
-ciphers:
-  modern: 'ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256'
-  intermediate: 'ECDHE-ECDSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:DHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA256:DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA:ECDHE-ECDSA-DES-CBC3-SHA:ECDHE-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA:EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA:AES128-GCM-SHA256:AES256-GCM-SHA384:AES128-SHA256:AES256-SHA256:AES128-SHA:AES256-SHA:DES-CBC3-SHA:!DSS'
-prefer_server_ciphers:
-  modern: false
-  intermediate: true