diff --git a/roles/backup_client/templates/duply_main_conf.j2 b/roles/backup_client/templates/duply_main_conf.j2
index ccd7f5d79829c425fff9b32d4735d851263511c5..b2ff4393f658c7a3f8965c28eb4c80a4c3cfd2ab 100644
--- a/roles/backup_client/templates/duply_main_conf.j2
+++ b/roles/backup_client/templates/duply_main_conf.j2
@@ -9,11 +9,7 @@ GPG_KEY_SIGN='{{ backup_encryption_key_id.stdout }}'
 GPG_OPTS="--homedir /etc/duply/main/gnupg/ --trust-model always"
 
 # Destination where the backups are stored at.
-{% if ansible_distribution == 'Debian' and ansible_distribution_release == 'stretch' %}
 TARGET='pexpect+sftp://{{ backup_client_username }}@{{ backup_server }}:{{ backup_server_port }}/{{ backup_server_destination }}'
-{% else %}
-TARGET='sftp://{{ backup_client_username }}@{{ backup_server }}:{{ backup_server_port }}/{{ backup_server_destination }}'
-{% endif %}
 
 # Base directory to backup (root). File selection is done via include/exclude
 # patterns.
@@ -51,11 +47,7 @@ DUPL_PARAMS="$DUPL_PARAMS --use-agent"
 # ssh-options. Use dedicated known hosts and identity file when connecting over
 # SFTP. Using -oLogLevel=ERROR makes output a bit less verbose. This is mainly
 # to avoid output from sftp telling us it added IP address to known_hosts.
-{% if ansible_distribution == 'Debian' and ansible_distribution_release == 'stretch' %}
 DUPL_PARAMS="$DUPL_PARAMS --ssh-options='-oLogLevel=ERROR -oUserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -oGlobalKnownHostsFile=/etc/duply/main/ssh/known_hosts -oIdentityFile=/etc/duply/main/ssh/identity'"
-{% else %}
-DUPL_PARAMS="$DUPL_PARAMS --ssh-backend pexpect --ssh-options='-oLogLevel=ERROR -oUserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -oGlobalKnownHostsFile=/etc/duply/main/ssh/known_hosts -oIdentityFile=/etc/duply/main/ssh/identity'"
-{% endif %}
 
 # By default we exclude everything, and then include only specific patterns.
 DUPL_PARAMS="$DUPL_PARAMS --include-globbing-filelist /etc/duply/main/include"