diff --git a/roles/xmpp_server/tasks/main.yml b/roles/xmpp_server/tasks/main.yml
index afcf4c400d2ec459ba4523d4a35ef208bbf53c3f..ed6b45a5bdf1f11d1993bc6bf7046547b062a378 100644
--- a/roles/xmpp_server/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/xmpp_server/tasks/main.yml
@@ -26,6 +26,13 @@
     group: root
     mode: 0644
 
+- name: Drop directory for storing custom Prosody modules (deprecation)
+  file:
+    path: "/usr/local/lib/prosody/"
+    state: absent
+  notify:
+    - Restart Prosody
+
 - name: Collect information about installed packages
   package_facts:
 
@@ -140,26 +147,6 @@
     group: root
     mode: 0644
 
-- name: Set-up directory for storing additional Prosody modules
-  file:
-    path: "/usr/local/lib/prosody/modules/"
-    state: directory
-    owner: root
-    group: root
-    mode: 0755
-
-- name: Deploy the Prosody mod_auth_ldap module
-  get_url:
-    url: "https://hg.prosody.im/prosody-modules/raw-file/tip/mod_auth_ldap/mod_auth_ldap.lua"
-    dest: "/usr/local/lib/prosody/modules/mod_auth_ldap.lua"
-
-- name: Set-up file permissions for the Prosody mod_auth_ldap module
-  file:
-    dest: "/usr/local/lib/prosody/modules/mod_auth_ldap.lua"
-    owner: root
-    group: root
-    mode: 0644
-
 - name: Deploy Prosody configuration file
   template:
     src: "prosody.cfg.lua.j2"