diff --git a/inventories/chaosknoten/host_vars/eh22-wiki.yaml b/inventories/chaosknoten/host_vars/eh22-wiki.yaml
index 4b7ce47..a8814c0 100644
--- a/inventories/chaosknoten/host_vars/eh22-wiki.yaml
+++ b/inventories/chaosknoten/host_vars/eh22-wiki.yaml
@@ -9,6 +9,3 @@ certbot__certificate_domains:
   - "eh22.easterhegg.eu"
 certbot__new_cert_commands:
   - "systemctl reload nginx.service"
-dokuwiki__custom_theme_git_url: "https://git.hamburg.ccc.de/EH22/dokuwiki-template-sprintdoc-modified.git"
-dokuwiki__custom_theme_version: "eh22"
-dokuwiki__custom_theme_name: "sprintdoc"
diff --git a/roles/dokuwiki/README.md b/roles/dokuwiki/README.md
index b6bd80d..457dd45 100644
--- a/roles/dokuwiki/README.md
+++ b/roles/dokuwiki/README.md
@@ -22,12 +22,6 @@ None.
 - `dokuwiki__php_version`: Your PHP version, default `7.4` for Debian 11 and `8.2` for Debian 12
 - `dokuwiki__php_user`: User of your php-fpm process, default `www-data`
 - `dokuwiki__nginx_user`: User of your nginx process, default `nginx`
-- `dokuwiki__custom_theme_git_url`: Clone URL of custom theme (HTTPS only)
-- `dokuwiki__custom_theme_version`: Version (git branch, tag, ...) to checkout, default main
-- `dokuwiki__custom_theme_name`: Name of the directory into which the custom theme is cloned
-
-Warning: if a directory of the same name as `dokuwiki__custom_theme_name` already exists in the same directory, the task will fail.
-This needs to be manually deleted first before the first run with the the custom theme enabled.
 
 ## nginx Configuration
 
diff --git a/roles/dokuwiki/defaults/main.yml b/roles/dokuwiki/defaults/main.yml
index 33ba384..8358114 100644
--- a/roles/dokuwiki/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/dokuwiki/defaults/main.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,3 @@ dokuwiki__installpath: "/var/www/dokuwiki"
 dokuwiki__php_version: "{{ dokuwiki__php_versions[ansible_distribution + '-' + ansible_distribution_major_version] }}"
 dokuwiki__php_user: "www-data"
 dokuwiki__nginx_user: "nginx"
-dokuwiki__custom_theme_git_url: ""
-dokuwiki__custom_theme_version: "main"
-dokuwiki__custom_theme_name: ""
diff --git a/roles/dokuwiki/tasks/main.yml b/roles/dokuwiki/tasks/main.yml
index 8c836ce..664f159 100644
--- a/roles/dokuwiki/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/dokuwiki/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-- name: Install dependencies
+- name: Install php-fpm
   become: true
   ansible.builtin.apt:
     name:
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
       - php-intl
       - php-gd
       - php-sqlite3
-      - git
   diff: false
 
 - name: Ensure `php-fpm` is enabled
@@ -43,17 +42,3 @@
     owner: root
     group: root
     mode: "0644"
-
-- name: checkout custom theme git repo
-  become: true
-  ansible.builtin.git:
-    repo: "{{ dokuwiki__custom_theme_git_url }}"
-    dest: "{{ dokuwiki__installpath }}/lib/tpl/{{ dokuwiki__custom_theme_name }}"
-    version: "{{ dokuwiki__custom_theme_version }}"
-    force: true
-    depth: 1
-    single_branch: true
-    track_submodules: true
-  when:
-    - dokuwiki__custom_theme_git_url != ""
-    - dokuwiki__custom_theme_name != ""