diff --git a/inventories/z9/host_vars/opensourcetorrents.sops.yaml b/inventories/z9/host_vars/opensourcetorrents.sops.yaml
index e7d56e3..1be8403 100644
--- a/inventories/z9/host_vars/opensourcetorrents.sops.yaml
+++ b/inventories/z9/host_vars/opensourcetorrents.sops.yaml
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 ansible_pull__age_private_key: ENC[AES256_GCM,data:QB0xpxP8pLfE2ExpCRD4joQzoEcbQZTiVEJbX3t9GyFEseZUtnUCO0ysFUc6hRs2BC9hoPXz6k/dZ0vNkniBmqcN5zTofZ8bg94=,iv:3NVVsae+pgbriTNzgT6rGCEzJjw368WgAKfQCi2qsmQ=,tag:AQSIxJCZOZ8dtlvcu4WMuw==,type:str]
-transmission__rpc_password: ENC[AES256_GCM,data:PPEIdI/OcuvX8Mh+zNFSOw==,iv:AgHwT6FGmE9sY3H+MQQc291ILbpNKatEoK8W09wrtr4=,tag:M1E0iS8TTNvu2MABboqCSQ==,type:str]
 sops:
-  lastmodified: "2026-06-28T11:50:14Z"
-  mac: ENC[AES256_GCM,data:c03dDTwriK3lk9HYK5h85ESxC3nvVjBZVIva1ZAbeFu1n8u1IfazBS3NN4NSEZ+TkSW1WdQVKXFiQ9WBawLwLzXSKcmxaOPZuIvxcmbsYGuHAMpO1ODNgvuPP6D6vFl/C+Ew0yRVd72MqlvQKrg46+x6uD+1cvi9w30+EkzV+UY=,iv:UlSDF/0aF0dWYaQc9KAv3pXE1DUflQfFrHIlSt5stJU=,tag:Uj0W//Du0TOugByNFHFf9g==,type:str]
+  lastmodified: "2026-06-01T19:05:50Z"
+  mac: ENC[AES256_GCM,data:ms4yaDEY/2DxC56rxagBRgfkHuy2/AGhZ0om3+gTVfG8/1p7v+qWXuWrNlDjefjhLKVCaf5yl749JZIjs8PP6rTKyTcteqVfoKwx+CFaEA9OmPOaENBV8Kpy2Rrkw8J4UBBKSoTKGFDAGtyysmqbS8eqDuEpb/TbfbbybJUNfe4=,iv:g4IHNmQELptweaqRE7P3LlBTwV+7jt6AfrPowzuziv4=,tag:YkBnOJA5IN1xDhI+umYSow==,type:str]
   pgp:
     - created_at: "2026-06-01T19:05:22Z"
       enc: |-
@@ -178,4 +177,4 @@ sops:
         -----END PGP MESSAGE-----
       fp: 41FFAF3D519CF5C039FBD8414BCC213729AF0E49
   unencrypted_suffix: _unencrypted
-  version: 3.13.1
+  version: 3.12.2
diff --git a/inventories/z9/host_vars/opensourcetorrents.yaml b/inventories/z9/host_vars/opensourcetorrents.yaml
index 0df26e6..6bcc86d 100644
--- a/inventories/z9/host_vars/opensourcetorrents.yaml
+++ b/inventories/z9/host_vars/opensourcetorrents.yaml
@@ -1,93 +1 @@
 # add /etc/transmission-remote/settings.json here
-transmission__settings:
-  alt-speed-down: 50
-  alt-speed-enabled: false
-  alt-speed-time-begin: 540
-  alt-speed-time-day: 127
-  alt-speed-time-enabled: false
-  alt-speed-time-end: 1020
-  alt-speed-up: 50
-  announce-ip: ""
-  announce-ip-enabled: false
-  anti-brute-force-enabled: false
-  anti-brute-force-threshold: 100
-  bind-address-ipv4: ""
-  bind-address-ipv6: ""
-  blocklist-enabled: false
-  blocklist-url: http://www.example.com/blocklist
-  cache-size-mb: 4
-  default-trackers: ""
-  dht-enabled: true
-  download-dir: /torrents/complete
-  download-limit: 100
-  download-limit-enabled: 0
-  download-queue-enabled: true
-  download-queue-size: 5
-  encryption: 1
-  idle-seeding-limit: 30
-  idle-seeding-limit-enabled: false
-  incomplete-dir: /torrents/incomplete
-  incomplete-dir-enabled: true
-  lpd-enabled: true
-  max-peers-global: 200
-  message-level: 2
-  peer-congestion-algorithm: ""
-  peer-limit-global: 200
-  peer-limit-per-torrent: 50
-  peer-port: 51413
-  peer-port-random-high: 65535
-  peer-port-random-low: 49152
-  peer-port-random-on-start: false
-  peer-socket-tos: le
-  pex-enabled: true
-  pidfile: ""
-  port-forwarding-enabled: false
-  preallocation: 1
-  preferred_transport: utp
-  proxy_url: ""
-  queue-stalled-enabled: true
-  queue-stalled-minutes: 30
-  ratio-limit: 2
-  ratio-limit-enabled: false
-  rename-partial-files: true
-  reqq: 2000
-  rpc-authentication-required: false
-  rpc-bind-address: 0.0.0.0
-  rpc-enabled: true
-  rpc-host-whitelist: ""
-  rpc-host-whitelist-enabled: true
-  rpc-password: '{{ transmission__rpc_password }}'
-  rpc-port: 9091
-  rpc-socket-mode: "0750"
-  rpc-url: /transmission/
-  rpc-username: ""
-  rpc-whitelist: 127.0.0.1,::1,172.31.200.*,172.31.201.*,213.240.180.39,2a01:170:118b::1
-  rpc-whitelist-enabled: true
-  scrape-paused-torrents-enabled: true
-  script-torrent-added-enabled: false
-  script-torrent-added-filename: ""
-  script-torrent-done-enabled: false
-  script-torrent-done-filename: ""
-  script-torrent-done-seeding-enabled: false
-  script-torrent-done-seeding-filename: ""
-  seed-queue-enabled: false
-  seed-queue-size: 10
-  sequential_download: false
-  sleep-per-seconds-during-verify: 100
-  speed-limit-down: 100
-  speed-limit-down-enabled: false
-  speed-limit-up: 100
-  speed-limit-up-enabled: false
-  start-added-torrents: true
-  start_paused: false
-  tcp-enabled: true
-  torrent-added-verify-mode: fast
-  trash-original-torrent-files: false
-  umask: "022"
-  upload-limit: 100
-  upload-limit-enabled: 0
-  upload-slots-per-torrent: 8
-  utp-enabled: true
-  watch-dir: /torrents/torrents
-  watch-dir-enabled: true
-  watch-dir-force-generic: false
diff --git a/inventories/z9/hosts.yaml b/inventories/z9/hosts.yaml
index 6044154..0c6e16d 100644
--- a/inventories/z9/hosts.yaml
+++ b/inventories/z9/hosts.yaml
@@ -44,9 +44,6 @@ nginx_hosts:
 ola_hosts:
   hosts:
     light:
-transmission:
-  hosts:
-    opensourcetorrents:
 proxmox_vm_template_hosts:
   hosts:
     thinkcccore0:
diff --git a/playbooks/deploy.yaml b/playbooks/deploy.yaml
index d111321..b7ce104 100644
--- a/playbooks/deploy.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/deploy.yaml
@@ -156,10 +156,3 @@
     - knot
   tags:
     - knot
-
-- name: Setup transmission
-  hosts: transmission
-  roles:
-    - transmission
-  tags:
-    - transmission
diff --git a/roles/transmission/files/update-transmission-settings b/roles/transmission/files/update-transmission-settings
deleted file mode 100644
index d51730a..0000000
--- a/roles/transmission/files/update-transmission-settings
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-#
-# Update the transmission settings.json. For the update, stop transmission,
-# put the new file in place, and restart it.
-#
-
-set -e
-
-systemctl stop transmission-daemon
-cp /etc/transmission-daemon/settings-ansible.json /etc/transmission-daemon/settings.json
-chmod 0660 /etc/transmission-daemon/settings.json
-systemctl start transmission-daemon
diff --git a/roles/transmission/handlers/main.yaml b/roles/transmission/handlers/main.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 781f442..0000000
--- a/roles/transmission/handlers/main.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-- name: update transmission settings
-  ansible.builtin.command: /usr/local/sbin/update-transmission-settings
-  become: true
diff --git a/roles/transmission/tasks/main.yaml b/roles/transmission/tasks/main.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index f927ef6..0000000
--- a/roles/transmission/tasks/main.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-- name: ensure transmission-daemon is installed
-  ansible.builtin.apt:
-    name: transmission-daemon
-    state: present
-  become: true
-- name: ensure update-transmission-settings is deployed
-  ansible.builtin.copy:
-    src: "update-transmission-settings"
-    dest: "/usr/local/sbin/update-transmission-settings"
-    owner: root
-    group: root
-    mode: "0750"
-  become: true
-  notify: update transmission settings
-- name: ensure transmission settings are deployed
-  ansible.builtin.copy:
-    content: '{{ transmission__settings | to_json(indent=4, sort_keys=True) }}'
-    dest: "/etc/transmission-daemon/settings-ansible.json"
-    owner: debian-transmission
-    group: debian-transmission
-    mode: "0750"
-  become: true
-  notify: update transmission settings