diff --git a/playbooks/webservers.yml b/playbooks/webservers.yml
index 5c7483d..63a7f7e 100644
--- a/playbooks/webservers.yml
+++ b/playbooks/webservers.yml
@@ -43,8 +43,6 @@
 - hosts: web1.9iron.club
   roles:
     - role: base-backups
-      vars:
-        backups_outdir: "/cold/backups"
       tags: [ backups ]
     - role: gitea
       vars: