diff --git a/playbooks/roles/backups/restic/setup/files/restic-batch b/playbooks/roles/backups/restic/setup/files/restic-batch
index b92bb45..e1b41f8 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/backups/restic/setup/files/restic-batch
+++ b/playbooks/roles/backups/restic/setup/files/restic-batch
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ class RepoManager(abc.ABC):
             aws_bucket_endpoint=self._config["aws_bucket_endpoint"],
             aws_keys=aws_keys,
             restic_cmd_base=[
-                "/usr/local/bin/restic",
+                "/usr/bin/restic",
                 "--password-file", self._config["restic_password_file"],
                 "--option", "s3.storage-class=ONEZONE_IA",
             ],
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/backups/restic/setup/tasks/main.yml b/playbooks/roles/backups/restic/setup/tasks/main.yml
index 25abbbe..3a02c14 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/backups/restic/setup/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/backups/restic/setup/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,32 +1,7 @@
 ---
-- name: "check if restic is installed"
-  ansible.builtin.stat:
-    path: "/usr/local/bin/restic"
-  register: backups_restic_binary_path
-
-- block:
-
-    - name: "download restic binary"
-      ansible.builtin.get_url:
-        url: "\
-          https://github.com/restic/restic/releases/download/v0.14.0/restic_0.14.0_linux_amd64.bz2"
-        dest: "/usr/local/bin/restic.bz2"
-        mode: 0644
-
-    - name: "install bzip2"
-      ansible.builtin.apt:
-        name: "bzip2"
-
-    - name: "unpack restic binary"
-      command: "bunzip2 /usr/local/bin/restic.bz2"
-
-  when:
-    not backups_restic_binary_path.stat.exists
-
-- name: "ensure restic is executable"
-  ansible.builtin.file:
-    path: "/usr/local/bin/restic"
-    mode: 0755
+- name: "install restic"
+  ansible.builtin.apt:
+    name: "restic"
 
 - name: "create a cache directory for restic"
   ansible.builtin.file: