diff --git a/geant/gap_ansible/roles/promote_p_to_pe/tasks/delete_default_routes.yaml b/geant/gap_ansible/roles/promote_p_to_pe/tasks/delete_default_routes.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index f3a7cc4359b5f8ae25fca0cbfc9fd396a8adea13..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/geant/gap_ansible/roles/promote_p_to_pe/tasks/delete_default_routes.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-- name: Delete default routes on "{{ inventory_hostname }}" [CHECK ONLY][NOKIA]
-  when: dry_run | ansible.builtin.bool
-  geant.gap_ansible.nokia_netconf_config:
-    format: xml
-    default_operation: merge
-    content: "{{ lookup('ansible.builtin.template', 'routers/{{ subscription.router.vendor }}/router/delete_default_static_routes.j2') }}"
-    commit: true
-    validate: true
-  diff: true
-  check_mode: true
-
-- name: Delete default routes on "{{ inventory_hostname }}" [AND COMMIT][NOKIA]
-  when: not (dry_run | ansible.builtin.bool)
-  geant.gap_ansible.nokia_netconf_config:
-    format: xml
-    default_operation: merge
-    content: "{{ lookup('ansible.builtin.template', 'routers/{{ subscription.router.vendor }}/router/delete_default_static_routes.j2') }}"
-    commit: true
-    commit_comment: "{{ commit_comment }}"
-  diff: true
-  check_mode: false
diff --git a/geant/gap_ansible/roles/promote_p_to_pe/tasks/main.yml b/geant/gap_ansible/roles/promote_p_to_pe/tasks/main.yml
index 9c352c0ed74581f881cc4ae8a0b7fcf481680485..d7a7208af17663f62cc072d8ff04a0bd56cef407 100644
--- a/geant/gap_ansible/roles/promote_p_to_pe/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/geant/gap_ansible/roles/promote_p_to_pe/tasks/main.yml
@@ -56,10 +56,6 @@
   when: verb in [ 'deploy_pe_base_config', 'update_sdp_mesh', 'deploy_routing_instances', 'delete_default_routes' ]
   ansible.builtin.include_tasks: deploy.yaml
 
-# - name: Include deletion of default static routes
-#   when: verb == "delete_default_routes"
-#   ansible.builtin.include_tasks: delete_default_routes.yaml
-#
 - name: Check VPRNs
   when: verb == "check_base_ris"
   loop: "{{ pe_vprns }}"