diff --git a/roles/openvpn/tasks/main.yml b/roles/openvpn/tasks/main.yml
index e77304208..c918e9829 100644
--- a/roles/openvpn/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/openvpn/tasks/main.yml
@@ -86,16 +86,6 @@
     # Buggy & rarely used as of August 2018:
     #- { src: 'iiab-vpn.j2', dest: '/usr/bin/iiab-vpn', mode: '0755' }
 
-#- name: Save openvpn_handle variable into /etc/iiab/openvpn_handle (BACKS UP FILE IF CHANGED)
-#  template:
-#    src: openvpn_handle.j2
-#    dest: /etc/iiab/openvpn_handle
-#    owner: root
-#    group: root
-#    mode: 0644
-#    backup: yes
-#  when: openvpn_handle is defined
-
 # up_wan was being installed twice (also above) and was unused for ~2 years
 # as of August 2018: (see 15-openvpn below)
 #- name: Put up_wan in place (debuntu)