diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index a2e6a35..3f9e296 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -26,16 +26,6 @@
     group: root
   when: ansible_os_family == "Debian" and ansible_architecture == "x86_64"
 
-#######################################
-- name: Retrieve the mozilla sops linux binary file from github (Alpine)
-  get_url:
-    url: "https://github.com/mozilla/sops/releases/download/v{{ sops_ver }}/sops-v{{ sops_ver }}.linux"
-    dest: "/usr/local/bin/sops-v{{ sops_ver }}.linux"
-    mode: "0755"
-    owner: root
-    group: root
-  when: ansible_distribution == "Alpine" and ansible_architecture == "x86_64"
-
 #######################################
 - name: Install sops deb package (Debian based distro)
   apt:
@@ -43,15 +33,4 @@
     state: present
   when: ansible_os_family == "Debian" and ansible_architecture == "x86_64"
 
-#######################################
-- name: create symlink for sops binary (Alpine)
-  file:
-    src: "/usr/local/bin/sops-v{{ sops_ver }}.linux"
-    dest: "/usr/local/bin/sops"
-    owner: root
-    group: root
-    mode: "0755"
-    state: link
-  when: ansible_distribution == "Alpine" and ansible_architecture == "x86_64"
-
 # EOF