diff --git a/ansible/inventory/host_vars/asxpio-services.yaml b/ansible/inventory/host_vars/asxpio-services.yaml
index 50000e7..9cbeb2d 100644
--- a/ansible/inventory/host_vars/asxpio-services.yaml
+++ b/ansible/inventory/host_vars/asxpio-services.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ wireguard_ip: "{{ asxpio_services_wireguard_ip }}"
 
 ssh_allow_public_git: false
 
-s3fs_ensure_diskfree: 81920  # 80 GB free = max 80 GB cache
+# s3fs is off: its cache took ~10 GB and nothing reads the mounts any more;
+# restic and s3_replicate talk to object storage directly
+s3fs_enabled: false
 
 # restic: ejabberd's Mnesia through its own backup command, its SQLite
 # through the online backup API. The Paper world is copied live (RCON is
diff --git a/ansible/playbooks/03-setup-s3fs.yaml b/ansible/playbooks/03-setup-s3fs.yaml
index 73e95ef..999fa07 100644
--- a/ansible/playbooks/03-setup-s3fs.yaml
+++ b/ansible/playbooks/03-setup-s3fs.yaml
@@ -72,63 +72,11 @@
       ansible.builtin.debug:
         msg: "{{ df_output.stdout_lines | select('search', 's3fs') | list }}"
 
-    - name: Create immich library directory structure
-      ansible.builtin.file:
-        path: "{{ item }}"
-        state: directory
-        mode: '0775'
-        owner: root
-        group: docker
-      loop:
-        - /mnt/s3/immich/library
-        - /mnt/s3/immich/library/backups
-        - /mnt/s3/immich/library/encoded-video
-        - /mnt/s3/immich/library/library
-        - /mnt/s3/immich/library/profile
-        - /mnt/s3/immich/library/thumbs
-        - /mnt/s3/immich/library/upload
-      when: inventory_hostname in groups['services_servers']
-
     - name: Display post-setup information
       ansible.builtin.debug:
-        msg: |
-          ========================================
-          S3FS Setup Complete on {{ inventory_hostname }}!
-          ========================================
-
-          ✅ All S3 buckets mounted successfully
-
-          Mount points:
-          {% for bucket in s3_buckets %}
-          - {{ bucket.mount_point }} ({{ bucket.name }})
-          {% endfor %}
-
-          Cache configuration:
-          - Location: /var/cache/s3fs
-          - Max size: ~{{ (40 - (s3fs_ensure_diskfree / 1024)) | int }}GB
-          - Free space reserved: {{ (s3fs_ensure_diskfree / 1024) | int }}GB
-
-          {% if inventory_hostname in groups['services_servers'] %}
-          Immich library structure created at:
-          /mnt/s3/immich/library/
-          ├── backups/
-          ├── encoded-video/
-          ├── library/
-          ├── profile/
-          ├── thumbs/
-          └── upload/
-
-          Next steps for Immich migration:
-          1. Manually sync data from legacy server:
-             rsync -avz --info=progress2 \
-               asxpio-old:/srv/immich/library/ \
-               /mnt/s3/immich/library/
-
-          2. Backup Immich PostgreSQL database on legacy server:
-             docker exec immich_postgres pg_dumpall -U postgres | gzip > /tmp/immich-db.sql.gz
-
-          3. Deploy Immich service configured to use S3 storage:
-             IMMICH_MEDIA_LOCATION=/mnt/s3/immich/library
-          {% endif %}
-
-          ========================================
+        msg: >-
+          {% if s3fs_enabled | default(true) | bool %}s3fs mounts on {{ inventory_hostname }}:
+          {{ s3_buckets | map(attribute='mount_point') | join(', ') }}, cache in
+          /var/cache/s3fs ({{ (s3fs_ensure_diskfree / 1024) | int }} GB kept free)
+          {% else %}s3fs is disabled on {{ inventory_hostname }}: mounts and
+          fstab lines removed{% endif %}