diff --git a/cdn/tasks/main.yml b/cdn/tasks/main.yml
index 9a91efb9e2c3b0353b6276b18bcfc7760bb40fde..096c6c8b696b0da1f8dce49456f51985c5be5c0f 100644
--- a/cdn/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/cdn/tasks/main.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 - name: include debian version specific vars
   include_vars:
-    file: "{{debian_version|default('fallback')}}.yml"
+    file: "{{ ansible_distribution_release }}.yml"
 
 - name: install commonly used web libraries
   apt:
diff --git a/cdn/vars/fallback.yml b/cdn/vars/fallback.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 92dcc4750c8061a756b3e2a626e596a108104b7d..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/cdn/vars/fallback.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
----
-
-cdn_packages:
-  - libjs-jquery
-  - libjs-bootstrap
-  - libjs-jquery-datatables
-  - libjs-jquery-ui