diff --git a/roles/openvpn/client/tasks/main.yml b/roles/openvpn/client/tasks/main.yml
index 1adaed0332..bbde407df1 100644
--- a/roles/openvpn/client/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/openvpn/client/tasks/main.yml
@@ -93,17 +93,9 @@
   - service
   - openvpn
 
-- name: disable old openvpn service for Fedora
-  service: name=openvpn@openvpn state=stopped enabled=false
-  when: is_fedora is defined and ansible_distribution_major_version|int != 24
-  failed_when: false
-  tags:
-  - service
-  - openvpn
-
 - name: enable openvpn service for Fedora
   service: name=openvpn-client@openvpn state=started enabled=true
-  when: is_fedora is defined and ansible_distribution_major_version|int != 24
+  when: is_fedora is defined
   tags:
   - service
   - openvpn