diff --git a/inventories/chaosknoten/hosts.yaml b/inventories/chaosknoten/hosts.yaml
index 432f357..0ff2335 100644
--- a/inventories/chaosknoten/hosts.yaml
+++ b/inventories/chaosknoten/hosts.yaml
@@ -51,21 +51,6 @@ all:
           ansible_host: zammad-intern.hamburg.ccc.de
           ansible_user: chaos
           ansible_ssh_common_args: -J ssh://chaos@public-reverse-proxy.hamburg.ccc.de
-    base_config_hosts:
-      hosts:
-        ccchoir:
-        cloud:
-        grafana:
-        keycloak:
-        lists:
-        mumble:
-        onlyoffice:
-        pad:
-        pretalx:
-        public-reverse-proxy:
-        tickets:
-        wiki:
-        zammad:
     docker_compose_hosts:
       hosts:
         ccchoir:
@@ -97,6 +82,21 @@ all:
     public_reverse_proxy_hosts:
       hosts:
         public-reverse-proxy:
+    ssh_server_config_hosts:
+      hosts:
+        ccchoir:
+        cloud:
+        grafana:
+        keycloak:
+        lists:
+        mumble:
+        onlyoffice:
+        pad:
+        pretalx:
+        public-reverse-proxy:
+        tickets:
+        wiki:
+        zammad:
     certbot_hosts:
       hosts:
         ccchoir:
diff --git a/playbooks/deploy.yaml b/playbooks/deploy.yaml
index 91cdf0f..ba1bea6 100644
--- a/playbooks/deploy.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/deploy.yaml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 ---
-- name: Ensure base config is deployment on base_config_hosts
-  hosts: base_config_hosts
+- name: Ensure SSH server config deployment on ssh_server_config_hosts
+  hosts: ssh_server_config_hosts
   roles:
-    - base_config
+    - deploy_ssh_server_config
 
 - name: Ensure deployment of infrastructure authorized keys
   hosts: infrastructure_authorized_keys_hosts
diff --git a/roles/base_config/meta/main.yaml b/roles/base_config/meta/main.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index d1704a2..0000000
--- a/roles/base_config/meta/main.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
----
-dependencies:
-  - role: deploy_ssh_server_config
-  - role: deploy_systemd_journal_config
diff --git a/roles/deploy_systemd_journal_config/files/10-ccchh.conf b/roles/deploy_systemd_journal_config/files/10-ccchh.conf
deleted file mode 100644
index 3419fd9..0000000
--- a/roles/deploy_systemd_journal_config/files/10-ccchh.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-[Journal]
-MaxFileSec=2day
-MaxRetentionSec=2week
diff --git a/roles/deploy_systemd_journal_config/handlers/main.yaml b/roles/deploy_systemd_journal_config/handlers/main.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 685f2ce..0000000
--- a/roles/deploy_systemd_journal_config/handlers/main.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-- name: Restart `systemd-journald.service`
-  ansible.builtin.systemd:
-    name: systemd-journald.service
-    state: restarted
-  become: true
diff --git a/roles/deploy_systemd_journal_config/tasks/main.yaml b/roles/deploy_systemd_journal_config/tasks/main.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 1161a33..0000000
--- a/roles/deploy_systemd_journal_config/tasks/main.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-- name: Create 'journald.conf.d' directory if it does not exist
-  ansible.builtin.file:
-    path: "/etc/systemd/journald.conf.d"
-    state: directory
-    mode: '0644'
-    owner: root
-    group: root
-  become: true
-
-- name: make sure the custom configuration file is deployed
-  ansible.builtin.copy:
-    src: "10-ccchh.conf"
-    dest: "/etc/systemd/journald.conf.d/10-ccchh.conf"
-    mode: "0644"
-    owner: root
-    group: root
-  become: true
-  notify: Restart `systemd-journald.service`
diff --git a/roles/nginx/defaults/main.yaml b/roles/nginx/defaults/main.yaml
index e4d4fb0..6ccfac4 100644
--- a/roles/nginx/defaults/main.yaml
+++ b/roles/nginx/defaults/main.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 nginx__deploy_redirect_conf: true
 nginx__deploy_tls_conf: true
-nginx__deploy_logging_conf: true
 nginx__configurations: [ ]
 nginx__use_custom_nginx_conf: false
 nginx__custom_nginx_conf: ""
diff --git a/roles/nginx/files/logging.conf b/roles/nginx/files/logging.conf
deleted file mode 100644
index 304996f..0000000
--- a/roles/nginx/files/logging.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-error_log  syslog:server=unix:/run/systemd/journal/dev-log,nohostname,severity=warn debug;
-access_log  syslog:server=unix:/run/systemd/journal/dev-log,nohostname,severity=info main;
diff --git a/roles/nginx/meta/argument_specs.yaml b/roles/nginx/meta/argument_specs.yaml
index d79ba9e..7c5cfe6 100644
--- a/roles/nginx/meta/argument_specs.yaml
+++ b/roles/nginx/meta/argument_specs.yaml
@@ -23,12 +23,6 @@ argument_specs:
         type: bool
         required: false
         default: true
-      nginx__deploy_logging_conf:
-        description: >-
-          Whether or not to deploy a `logging.conf` to `/etc/nginx/conf.d/logging.conf`.
-        type: bool
-        required: false
-        default: true
       nginx__configurations:
         description: A list of nginx configurations.
         type: list
diff --git a/roles/nginx/tasks/main/config_deploy.yaml b/roles/nginx/tasks/main/config_deploy.yaml
index 01580b1..47bc050 100644
--- a/roles/nginx/tasks/main/config_deploy.yaml
+++ b/roles/nginx/tasks/main/config_deploy.yaml
@@ -100,24 +100,6 @@
       ansible.builtin.set_fact:
         nginx__config_files_to_exist: "{{ nginx__config_files_to_exist + [ 'redirect.conf' ] }}"  # noqa: jinja[spacing]
 
-- name: handle the case, where logging.conf should be deployed
-  when: nginx__deploy_logging_conf
-  block:
-    - name: make sure logging.conf is deployed
-      ansible.builtin.copy:
-        force: true
-        dest: /etc/nginx/conf.d/logging.conf
-        mode: "0644"
-        owner: root
-        group: root
-        src: logging.conf
-      become: true
-      notify: Restart `nginx.service`
-
-    - name: add logging.conf to nginx__config_files_to_exist
-      ansible.builtin.set_fact:
-        nginx__config_files_to_exist: "{{ nginx__config_files_to_exist + [ 'logging.conf' ] }}"  # noqa: jinja[spacing]
-
 - name: make sure all given configuration files are deployed
   ansible.builtin.copy:
     content: "{{ item.content }}"