diff --git a/slides/.gitkeep b/slides/.gitkeep
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb..000000000
diff --git a/tools/ansible/deploy/after-update-code.yml b/tools/ansible/deploy/after-update-code.yml
index a5f2f4a9b..9f1f67919 100644
--- a/tools/ansible/deploy/after-update-code.yml
+++ b/tools/ansible/deploy/after-update-code.yml
@@ -32,4 +32,3 @@
   changed_when: "'There are no changes to import' not in config_import_result.stderr"
 
 - include: ../includes/build-theme-assets.yml
-- include: ../includes/build-talk-slides.yml
diff --git a/tools/ansible/includes/build-talk-slides.yml b/tools/ansible/includes/build-talk-slides.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index c99921c36..000000000
--- a/tools/ansible/includes/build-talk-slides.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
----
-- name: Generate static slides for talks
-  shell: >
-    npm install; npx reveal-md slides.md --static --static-dirs=assets
-    chdir={{ ansistrano_release_path.stdout }}/slides/{{ item }}
-  with_items: '{{ slides_repo_names }}'
diff --git a/tools/ansible/vars/provision_vars.yml b/tools/ansible/vars/provision_vars.yml
index 9b13a48dc..efc3635af 100644
--- a/tools/ansible/vars/provision_vars.yml
+++ b/tools/ansible/vars/provision_vars.yml
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ nginx_vhosts:
       # Talks
       {% for name in slides_repo_names %}
         location /slides-{{ name }} {
-          alias {{ project_root_path }}/{{ ansistrano_current_dir }}/slides/{{ name }}/_static/;
+          alias /srv/slides-{{ name }}/_static/;
         }
       {% endfor %}