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 }}"
diff --git a/vars/main.yml b/vars/main.yml
index 678db19..4501fe4 100644
--- a/vars/main.yml
+++ b/vars/main.yml
@@ -9,9 +9,11 @@ virtualbox_repositories:
   - type: 'deb [arch=amd64]'
     url: "https://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian {{ ansible_distribution_release }}"
     component: contrib
+    state: absent
   - type: 'deb [arch=amd64]'
     url: "http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian {{ ansible_distribution_release }}"
     component: contrib
+    state: absent
 
 virtualbox_dependencies_pre:
   - software-properties-common