diff --git a/roles/backup_client/tasks/main.yml b/roles/backup_client/tasks/main.yml
index dc8c521002661743d0383e7f03d766650f1d6157..a818e9178e0a766be6a57bad1250a32556e55857 100644
--- a/roles/backup_client/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/backup_client/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,13 +1,5 @@
 ---
 
-# See duply_main_conf.j2 for details on why this is required (at least
-# on Debian 11 Bullseye). With newer versions of Debian it might be
-# possible to switch to Paramiko backend.
-- name: Install pexpect for pexpect+sftp Duplicity backend
-  apt:
-    name: python3-pexpect
-    state: present
-
 - name: Install backup software
   apt:
     name: