diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/haproxy/keepalived.yml b/inventory/group_vars/haproxy/keepalived.yml
index 07cb05bac6..3b5e7488f1 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/haproxy/keepalived.yml
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/haproxy/keepalived.yml
@@ -18,17 +18,6 @@ keepalived_ping_interval: 10
 keepalived_ubuntu_src: "native"
 keepalived_ping_address: "{{ ansible_default_ipv4['gateway'] | default('127.0.0.1') }}"
 
-keepalived_sync_groups:
-  haproxy:
-    instances:
-      - external
-      - internal
-    notify_script: /etc/keepalived/haproxy_notify.sh
-    ##if a src_*_script is defined, it will be uploaded from src_*_script
-    ##on the deploy host to the *_script location. Make sure *_script is
-    ##a location in that case.
-    src_notify_script: "{{ playbook_dir }}/../scripts/keepalived_haproxy_notifications.sh"
-
 keepalived_global_defs:
   - "enable_script_security"
   - script_user root
diff --git a/scripts/keepalived_haproxy_notifications.sh b/scripts/keepalived_haproxy_notifications.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 1d6bead9fb..0000000000
--- a/scripts/keepalived_haproxy_notifications.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-# Copyright 2015, Jean-Philippe Evrard <jean-philippe@evrard.me>
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-TYPE=$1
-NAME=$2
-NOW=`date "+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"`
-NEWSTATE=$3
-OLDSTATE=$(cat /var/run/keepalived.state)
-
-echo "$NEWSTATE" > /var/run/keepalived.state
-
-case $NEWSTATE in
-        "FAULT") echo "$NOW Trying to restart haproxy to get out"\
-                  "of faulty state" >> /var/log/keepalived-notifications.log
-                 /etc/init.d/haproxy stop
-                 /etc/init.d/haproxy start
-                 exit 0
-                 ;;
-        *) echo "$NOW Unknown state" >> /var/log/keepalived-notifications.log
-           exit 1
-           ;;
-esac