diff --git a/roles/postfix/files/access_client b/roles/postfix/files/access_client
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
diff --git a/roles/postfix/files/access_helo b/roles/postfix/files/access_helo
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
diff --git a/roles/postfix/files/access_recipient b/roles/postfix/files/access_recipient
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
diff --git a/roles/postfix/files/access_sender b/roles/postfix/files/access_sender
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
diff --git a/roles/postfix/files/access_sender-post-filter b/roles/postfix/files/access_sender-post-filter
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
diff --git a/roles/postfix/files/body_checks b/roles/postfix/files/body_checks
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
diff --git a/roles/postfix/files/header_checks b/roles/postfix/files/header_checks
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
diff --git a/roles/postfix/files/relocated b/roles/postfix/files/relocated
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
diff --git a/roles/postfix/handlers/main.yml b/roles/postfix/handlers/main.yml
index d0e8056d930f2177efc36be4f082ed407d11bc65..38f49a9028fda0626df165eedb52393080365d45 100644
--- a/roles/postfix/handlers/main.yml
+++ b/roles/postfix/handlers/main.yml
@@ -9,13 +9,7 @@
 - name: Postmap additional files  # noqa no-changed-when
   command: postmap /etc/postfix/{{ item }}
   loop:
-    - access_client
-    - access_sender
-    - access_sender-post-filter
-    - access_helo
-    - access_recipient
     - transport
-    - relocated
     - domains
     - msa_header_checks
 
diff --git a/roles/postfix/tasks/main.yml b/roles/postfix/tasks/main.yml
index eb1e2227a9260bbd3dccfe39a1da554117e50d32..0926f25c6870d31ae70df4df86cff548efb91507 100644
--- a/roles/postfix/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/postfix/tasks/main.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
     - transport
     - transport.pcre
     - aliases
-    - users.pcre
   notify:
     - Restart postfix
     - Postmap additional files
@@ -18,14 +17,6 @@
 - name: Install additional files
   copy: src={{ item }} dest=/etc/postfix/{{ item }} owner=root group=root mode=0644
   loop:
-    - access_client
-    - access_sender
-    - access_sender-post-filter
-    - access_helo
-    - access_recipient
-    - body_checks
-    - header_checks
-    - relocated
     - domains
     - msa_header_checks
   notify:
diff --git a/roles/postfix/templates/main.cf.j2 b/roles/postfix/templates/main.cf.j2
index 6633dc7a389f1773a21c11cf974e6f6502106f9d..08f14dea11b6b16e10fb6a9ecff08be8383eb31c 100644
--- a/roles/postfix/templates/main.cf.j2
+++ b/roles/postfix/templates/main.cf.j2
@@ -78,10 +78,6 @@ smtpd_recipient_restrictions =
 # policy services
   $policy_check,
 # white-/blacklisting
-  check_recipient_access ${indexed}/access_recipient,
-  check_client_access ${indexed}/access_client,
-  check_helo_access ${indexed}/access_helo,
-  check_sender_access ${indexed}/access_sender,
 # reject unclean mails
   reject_unauth_pipelining,
   reject_non_fqdn_recipient,
@@ -130,7 +126,6 @@ smtpd_sasl_authenticated_header = yes
 
 submission_recipient_restrictions=
 # allow postmaster
-  check_recipient_access ${indexed}/access_recipient,
   permit_sasl_authenticated,
   reject
 
@@ -156,7 +151,6 @@ alias_database = ${indexed}/aliases
 
 virtual_alias_maps =
   ${indexed}/users
-  pcre:${config_directory}/users.pcre
 virtual_alias_domains =  ${indexed}/domains
 
 # reject mails to system users (nobody looks in those mailboxes)
@@ -164,7 +158,6 @@ local_recipient_maps =
   ${indexed}/users
   $alias_maps
   pcre:${config_directory}/transport.pcre
-relocated_maps = ${indexed}/relocated
 
 relay_domains =
 
@@ -176,9 +169,6 @@ wiki_bouncehandler_destination_recipient_limit = 1
 
 authorized_mailq_users = root
 
-header_checks = pcre:/etc/postfix/header_checks
-body_checks = pcre:/etc/postfix/body_checks
-
 delay_warning_time = 4h
 
 # vim: set ft=pfmain:
diff --git a/roles/postfix/templates/users.pcre.j2 b/roles/postfix/templates/users.pcre.j2
deleted file mode 100644
index 3d684f24bef43ee7ac0bac8d1dc747ce34c7d771..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/roles/postfix/templates/users.pcre.j2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-#
-# {{ansible_managed}}
-#
-