diff --git a/roles/xmpp_server/files/backup_patterns b/roles/xmpp_server/files/backup_patterns
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index f7619d8e32e428f6e610e66984018580606270ad..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/roles/xmpp_server/files/backup_patterns
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-/var/lib/prosody
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