diff --git a/roles/debian-base/files/set-timezone.sh b/roles/debian-base/files/set-timezone.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 9e17f1c..0000000
--- a/roles/debian-base/files/set-timezone.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-echo 'tzdata tzdata/Areas select Europe' | debconf-set-selections
-echo 'tzdata tzdata/Zones/Europe select Madrid' | debconf-set-selections
-echo 'tzdata tzdata/Zones/Etc select UTC' | debconf-set-selections
-rm /etc/timezone
-rm /etc/localtime
-dpkg-reconfigure -f noninteractive tzdata
diff --git a/roles/debian-base/tasks/tzdata.yml b/roles/debian-base/tasks/tzdata.yml
index f5e34a8..9560354 100644
--- a/roles/debian-base/tasks/tzdata.yml
+++ b/roles/debian-base/tasks/tzdata.yml
@@ -1,2 +1,10 @@
-- name: Configure the time zone
-  script: set-timezone.sh
+- name: Configure debconf for tzdata
+  debconf:
+    name: tzdata
+    question: "{{ item.question }}"
+    value: "{{ item.value }}"
+    vtype: "string"
+  loop:
+    - { question: "tzdata/Areas", value: "Europe" }
+    - { question: "tzdata/Zones/Europe", value: "Madrid" }
+    - { question: "tzdata/Zones/Etc", value: "UTC" }