diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index fab7f1ad107358eff1b3cdc2770f844979084112..a5fd0185ffb3ba1fd87916213f349e0ea6a5f68f 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -26,9 +26,6 @@ drupal_post_deploy_tasks:
     - 'sset system.maintenance_mode 0'
     - 'cache-rebuild'
 
-letsencrypt_pause_services:
-  - 'apache2'
-
 fstype_convert:
   btrfs: 'btrfs-convert --no-progress {{ item.src }}'
   ext4: 'mkfs.ext4 {{ item.src }}'
diff --git a/templates/vhost.conf b/templates/vhost.conf
index a3fe378428af83cde3d02500423725c4c49ba574..69c9ad55191d8510ccc52ae9dafbdea897d0987e 100644
--- a/templates/vhost.conf
+++ b/templates/vhost.conf
@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@
   ServerAlias {{ drupal_domain.domain }}{% for alias in drupal_domain.aliases|default([]) %} {{ alias }}{% endfor %}
 {% endif %}
 
-  RewriteEngine on
-  RewriteRule ^ https://%{SERVER_NAME}%{REQUEST_URI} [END,QSA,R=permanent]
+  Include /etc/apache2/{{ apache_conf_dir }}/letsencrypt-redirect.conf
 
   SetEnvIf X-Forwarded-For "^.*\..*\..*\..*" forwarded
 {% if drupal_domain.apache_log is defined %}