diff --git a/playbooks/tags_autoreboot.yml b/playbooks/tags_autoreboot.yml
index f6add91..9e6f1ab 100755
--- a/playbooks/tags_autoreboot.yml
+++ b/playbooks/tags_autoreboot.yml
@@ -3,34 +3,11 @@
 ---
 - hosts: tags_autoreboot
   gather_facts: no
-  module_defaults:
-    nagios:
-      author: Ansible
-      action: downtime
-      cmdfile: /data/nagios/var/rw/nagios.cmd
-      comment: "Ansible tags_autoreboot task"
-      host: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
-      minutes: 10
   serial: 1
   tasks:
     - name: check for reboot-required
       ansible.builtin.stat: path=/var/run/reboot-required
       register: s
     - name: reboot
-      block:
-        - name: attempt to schedule downtime
-          block:
-            - name: register nagios host downtime
-              nagios:
-                service: host
-              delegate_to: vm-general-1.ashburn.mgmt.desu.ltd
-            - name: register nagios service downtime
-              nagios:
-                service: all
-              delegate_to: vm-general-1.ashburn.mgmt.desu.ltd
-          rescue:
-            - name: notify of failure to reboot
-              ansible.builtin.debug: msg="Miscellaneous failure when scheduling downtime"
-        - name: reboot
-          ansible.builtin.reboot: reboot_timeout=600
+      ansible.builtin.reboot: reboot_timeout=600
       when: s.stat.exists