diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a257873..6528d1c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ None
 
 #### Variables
 
-- `fail2ban_install_state`: [default: `latest`]: apt state of fail2ban package (latest, present)
 - `fail2ban_loglevel`: [default: `3`, or `INFO` in Ubuntu 16.04]: Sets the loglevel output (e.g. `1 = ERROR`, `2 = WARN`, `3 = INFO`, `4 = DEBUG`)
 - `fail2ban_logtarget`: [default: `/var/log/fail2ban.log`]: Sets the log target. This could be a file, SYSLOG, STDERR or STDOUT
 - `fail2ban_syslog_target`: [default: `/var/log/fail2ban.log`]:
diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index d5a63ac..09aa9ab 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 # defaults file for fail2ban
 ---
-fail2ban_install_state: latest
 fail2ban_loglevel: "{{ 'INFO' if (ansible_distribution == 'Ubuntu' and ansible_distribution_version | version_compare('16.04', '>=')) else 3 }}"
 fail2ban_logtarget: /var/log/fail2ban.log
 fail2ban_syslog_target: /var/log/fail2ban.log
diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index 9eaa878..820083d 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 - name: install
   apt:
     name: "{{ item }}"
-    state: "{{ fail2ban_install_state }}"
+    state: "{{ apt_install_state | default('latest') }}"
     update_cache: true
     cache_valid_time: "{{ apt_update_cache_valid_time | default(3600) }}"
   with_items: "{{ fail2ban_dependencies }}"