diff --git a/tasks/repository.yml b/tasks/repository.yml
index 7724076..764f416 100644
--- a/tasks/repository.yml
+++ b/tasks/repository.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 - name: repository | add
   ansible.builtin.apt_repository:
     repo: "{{ item.type }} {{ item.url }} {{ item.component }}"
-    state: present
+    state: "{{ item.state | default('present') }}"
     update_cache: true
     mode: 0644
   with_items: "{{ virtualbox_repositories }}"