diff --git a/roles/openvpn/tasks/main.yml b/roles/openvpn/tasks/main.yml
index f25aa3ed2..85ef06a55 100644
--- a/roles/openvpn/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/openvpn/tasks/main.yml
@@ -45,17 +45,18 @@
     - { src: 'announcer.j2', dest: '/etc/openvpn/scripts/announcer', mode: '0755' }
     - { src: 'silence', dest: '/etc/openvpn/scripts/silence', mode: '0755' }
     - { src: 'xscenet.conf.j2', dest: '/etc/openvpn/xscenet.conf', mode: '0644' }
+    - { src: 'iiab-remote-on.j2', dest: '/usr/bin/iiab-remote-on', mode: '0755' }
+    - { src: 'iiab-remote-off', dest: '/usr/bin/iiab-remote-off', mode: '0755' }
+    # Comment out in future?  Not recommended as of August 2018:
+    - { src: 'iiab-handle.j2', dest: '/usr/bin/iiab-handle', mode: '0755' }
+    # Comment out in future?  Might still be relevant for CentOS but unused for ~2 years as of August 2018:
+    - { src: 'up_wan', dest: '/usr/lib/iiab/up_wan', mode: '0755' }
+    # Unused for ~2 years as of August 2018:
+    #- { src: 'start.j2', dest: '/usr/lib/iiab/start', mode: '0755' }
     # Buggy & rarely used as of August 2018:
     #- { src: 'iiab-vpn.conf.in', dest: '/etc/openvpn/iiab-vpn.conf.in', mode: '0644' }
     # Buggy & rarely used as of August 2018:
     #- { src: 'iiab-vpn.j2', dest: '/usr/bin/iiab-vpn', mode: '0755' }
-    - { src: 'iiab-handle.j2', dest: '/usr/bin/iiab-handle', mode: '0755' }
-    # Comment out in future?  Unused for ~2 years as of August 2018:
-    - { src: 'up_wan', dest: '/usr/lib/iiab/up_wan', mode: '0755' }
-    # Unused for ~2 years as of August 2018:
-    #- { src: 'start.j2', dest: '/usr/lib/iiab/start', mode: '0755' }
-    - { src: 'iiab-remote-on.j2', dest: '/usr/bin/iiab-remote-on', mode: '0755' }
-    - { src: 'iiab-remote-off', dest: '/usr/bin/iiab-remote-off', mode: '0755' }
 
 - name: Save openvpn_handle variable into /etc/iiab/openvpn_handle (BACKS UP FILE IF CHANGED)
   template:
@@ -84,11 +85,11 @@
     dest: /etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/
   when: not is_debuntu
 
-# Comment out in future?  Unused for ~2 years as of August 2018:
-- name: Check for manually configured OpenVPN tunnel
-  stat:
-    path: /etc/openvpn/iiab-vpn.conf
-  register: stat
+# Was buggy & unused for ~2 years as of August 2018:
+#- name: Check for manually configured OpenVPN tunnel
+#  stat:
+#    path: /etc/openvpn/iiab-vpn.conf
+#  register: stat
 
 
 # FIXED SOMETIME PRIOR TO AUGUST 2018: earlier versions of Ansible had not
@@ -120,13 +121,15 @@
     name: openvpn@xscenet.service
     enabled: yes
     state: restarted
-  when: openvpn_enabled and not stat.exists is defined
+  when: openvpn_enabled
+  #when: openvpn_enabled and not stat.exists is defined
 
 - name: Enable hourly cron job for OpenVPN
   lineinfile:
     path: /etc/crontab
     line: "25 *  *  *  * root (/usr/bin/systemctl start openvpn@xscenet.service) > /dev/null"
-  when: openvpn_enabled and openvpn_cron_enabled and not stat.exists is defined
+  when: openvpn_enabled and openvpn_cron_enabled
+  #when: openvpn_enabled and openvpn_cron_enabled and not stat.exists is defined
 
 - name: Remove hourly cron job for OpenVPN
   lineinfile: