diff --git a/tasks/payara.yml b/tasks/payara.yml
index 1bd02e6..29f8421 100644
--- a/tasks/payara.yml
+++ b/tasks/payara.yml
@@ -79,8 +79,7 @@
   when: dataverse.payara.zipurl is match(".*glassfish-4.1.zip")
   notify: enable and restart payara
 
-# python installer fails to place jdbc driver for whatever reason
-# and we want this configurable for testing updated drivers anyway
+# we don't need the JDBC driver any more but let's keep custom JDBC URLs
 - name: set jdbcurl
   set_fact:
    jdbc_url='{{ db.postgres.jdbcurl }}'
@@ -91,22 +90,6 @@
     dest: '{{ payara_dir }}/glassfish/lib/'
   when: jdbc_url|default(None)
 
-- name: allow installer write access for release jdbc driver
-  file:
-    path: '{{ payara_dir }}/glassfish/lib'
-    state: directory
-    owner: '{{ dataverse.payara.user }}'
-  when: not jdbc_url|default(None)
-
-- name: install release jdbc driver
-  copy:
-    src: "{{ item }}"
-    dest: "{{ payara_dir }}/glassfish/lib/"
-    remote_src: true
-  when: not jdbc_url|default(None)
-  notify: enable and restart payara
-  with_fileglob: /tmp/dvinstall/pgdriver/postgresql-*.jar
-
 - name: increase resource limits for payara
   blockinfile:
     path: /etc/security/limits.conf