diff --git a/roles/independent_backup-to-swappable/tasks/main.yml b/roles/independent_backup-to-swappable/tasks/main.yml
index 569bd7a8..00821f0e 100644
--- a/roles/independent_backup-to-swappable/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/independent_backup-to-swappable/tasks/main.yml
@@ -4,11 +4,6 @@
     state: directory
     mode: 0755
 
-- name: create backup-to-swappable.rule
-  template:
-    src: backup-to-swappable.rule.j2
-    dest: "/etc/udev/rules.d/backup-to-swappable.rule"
-
 - name: create backup-to-swappable.sh
   copy:
     src: backup-to-swappable.sh
diff --git a/roles/independent_backup-to-swappable/templates/backup-to-swappable.rule.j2 b/roles/independent_backup-to-swappable/templates/backup-to-swappable.rule.j2
deleted file mode 100644
index 1aacf227..00000000
--- a/roles/independent_backup-to-swappable/templates/backup-to-swappable.rule.j2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-ACTION=="add", KERNEL=="sd[a-z]", ENV{ID_SERIAL_SHORT}=="{{backup_to_swappable_serial_short}}", RUN+="systemctl start backup-to-swappable.service"
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