diff --git a/roles/backup_client/defaults/main.yml b/roles/backup_client/defaults/main.yml
index 0c480990eab5f7ca2d1fe2b60f88fbc49817d747..350a361d734f23639f116d51064070e3d7cf0ff9 100644
--- a/roles/backup_client/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/backup_client/defaults/main.yml
@@ -4,20 +4,3 @@ backup_additional_encryption_keys: []
 backup_client_username: "bak-{{ ansible_fqdn | replace('.', '_') }}"
 backup_server_destination: /duplicity
 backup_server_port: 2222
-
-# Internal parameters.
-
-# GnuPG 2 binary in Debian Jessie and Debian Stretch is different. Additionally,
-# Debian Jessie duply configuration expects short keys, while Debian Stretch
-# expects long keys. We set-up parameters for this here in a bit of a workaround
-# way instead of setting facts within the playbook.
-backup_client_gnupg_details:
-  jessie:
-    binary: gpg2
-    cutoff: '8'
-  stretch:
-    binary: gpg
-    cutoff: '0'
-
-gnupg_binary: "{{ backup_client_gnupg_details[ansible_distribution_release]['binary'] }}"
-gnupg_key_cutoff: "{{ backup_client_gnupg_details[ansible_distribution_release]['cutoff'] }}"