diff --git a/roles/mediawiki/tasks/install.yml b/roles/mediawiki/tasks/install.yml
index 4b8768a42..cd89c0c71 100644
--- a/roles/mediawiki/tasks/install.yml
+++ b/roles/mediawiki/tasks/install.yml
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@
     --installdbpass={{ mediawiki_db_user_password }}
     --dbuser={{ mediawiki_db_user }}
     --dbpass={{ mediawiki_db_user_password }}
-    --server="{{ iiab_hostname }}.{{ iiab_domain }}"
     --scriptpath=/mediawiki
     --lang=en
     --pass={{ mediawiki_admin_user_password }}
@@ -63,14 +62,6 @@
     chdir: "{{ mediawiki_abs_path }}"
     creates: "{{ mediawiki_abs_path }}/LocalSettings.php"
 
-- name: Copy mediawiki config file to change a few calculated settings
-  template:
-    src: LocalSettings.php.j2
-    dest: "{{ mediawiki_abs_path }}/LocalSettings.php"
-    owner: root
-    group: "{{ apache_user }}"
-    mode: 0640
-
 - name: Copy mediawiki httpd conf file
   template:
     src: mediawiki.conf.j2
diff --git a/roles/mediawiki/templates/LocalSettings.php.j2 b/roles/mediawiki/templates/LocalSettings.php.j2
deleted file mode 100644
index 94ed015db..000000000
--- a/roles/mediawiki/templates/LocalSettings.php.j2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,134 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-# This file was automatically generated by the MediaWiki 1.29.1
-# installer. If you make manual changes, please keep track in case you
-# need to recreate them later.
-#
-# See includes/DefaultSettings.php for all configurable settings
-# and their default values, but don't forget to make changes in _this_
-# file, not there.
-#
-# Further documentation for configuration settings may be found at:
-# https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Configuration_settings
-
-# Protect against web entry
-if ( !defined( 'MEDIAWIKI' ) ) {
-	exit;
-}
-
-## Uncomment this to disable output compression
-# $wgDisableOutputCompression = true;
-
-$wgSitename = "{{ mediawiki_site_name }}";
-
-## The URL base path to the directory containing the wiki;
-## defaults for all runtime URL paths are based off of this.
-## For more information on customizing the URLs
-## (like /w/index.php/Page_title to /wiki/Page_title) please see:
-## https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Short_URL
-$wgScriptPath = "{{ mediawiki_url }}";
-
-## The protocol and server name to use in fully-qualified URLs
-#$wgServer = "http://{{ iiab_hostname }}.{{ iiab_domain }}";
-
-## The URL path to static resources (images, scripts, etc.)
-$wgResourceBasePath = $wgScriptPath;
-
-## The URL path to the logo.  Make sure you change this from the default,
-## or else you'll overwrite your logo when you upgrade!
-$wgLogo = "$wgResourceBasePath/resources/assets/wiki.png";
-
-## UPO means: this is also a user preference option
-
-$wgEnableEmail = true;
-$wgEnableUserEmail = true; # UPO
-
-$wgEmergencyContact = "apache@{{ iiab_hostname }}.{{ iiab_domain }}";
-$wgPasswordSender = "apache@{{ iiab_hostname }}.{{ iiab_domain }}";
-
-$wgEnotifUserTalk = false; # UPO
-$wgEnotifWatchlist = false; # UPO
-$wgEmailAuthentication = true;
-
-## Database settings
-$wgDBtype = "mysql";
-$wgDBserver = "localhost";
-$wgDBname = "{{ mediawiki_db_name }}";
-$wgDBuser = "{{ mediawiki_db_user }}";
-$wgDBpassword = "{{ mediawiki_db_user_password }}";
-
-# MySQL specific settings
-$wgDBprefix = "";
-
-# MySQL table options to use during installation or update
-$wgDBTableOptions = "ENGINE=InnoDB, DEFAULT CHARSET=binary";
-
-# Experimental charset support for MySQL 5.0.
-$wgDBmysql5 = false;
-
-## Shared memory settings
-$wgMainCacheType = CACHE_NONE;
-$wgMemCachedServers = [];
-
-## To enable image uploads, make sure the 'images' directory
-## is writable, then set this to true:
-$wgEnableUploads = false;
-#$wgUseImageMagick = true;
-#$wgImageMagickConvertCommand = "/usr/bin/convert";
-
-# InstantCommons allows wiki to use images from https://commons.wikimedia.org
-$wgUseInstantCommons = false;
-
-# Periodically send a pingback to https://www.mediawiki.org/ with basic data
-# about this MediaWiki instance. The Wikimedia Foundation shares this data
-# with MediaWiki developers to help guide future development efforts.
-$wgPingback = false;
-
-## If you use ImageMagick (or any other shell command) on a
-## Linux server, this will need to be set to the name of an
-## available UTF-8 locale
-$wgShellLocale = "en_US.utf8";
-
-## Set $wgCacheDirectory to a writable directory on the web server
-## to make your wiki go slightly faster. The directory should not
-## be publically accessible from the web.
-#$wgCacheDirectory = "$IP/cache";
-
-# Site language code, should be one of the list in ./languages/data/Names.php
-$wgLanguageCode = "en";
-
-$wgSecretKey = "7fe8694a015bc9faaa1be7151ea650485bf2df5a7bd86d0463da01ada946cd52";
-
-# Changing this will log out all existing sessions.
-$wgAuthenticationTokenVersion = "1";
-
-# Site upgrade key. Must be set to a string (default provided) to turn on the
-# web installer while LocalSettings.php is in place
-$wgUpgradeKey = "52eee9ee5a42b1d1";
-
-## For attaching licensing metadata to pages, and displaying an
-## appropriate copyright notice / icon. GNU Free Documentation
-## License and Creative Commons licenses are supported so far.
-$wgRightsPage = ""; # Set to the title of a wiki page that describes your license/copyright
-$wgRightsUrl = "";
-$wgRightsText = "";
-$wgRightsIcon = "";
-
-# Path to the GNU diff3 utility. Used for conflict resolution.
-$wgDiff3 = "/usr/bin/diff3";
-
-## Default skin: you can change the default skin. Use the internal symbolic
-## names, ie 'vector', 'monobook':
-$wgDefaultSkin = "vector";
-
-# Enabled skins.
-# The following skins were automatically enabled:
-#wfLoadSkin( 'CologneBlue' );
-#wfLoadSkin( 'Modern' );
-# Both above are no longer part of MediaWiki 1.31.0
-wfLoadSkin( 'MonoBook' );
-wfLoadSkin( 'Vector' );
-
-
-# End of automatically generated settings.
-# Add more configuration options below.
-