diff --git a/smartgears/accounting-service/tasks/main.yml b/smartgears/accounting-service/tasks/main.yml
index 5deb3f24..eec661f0 100644
--- a/smartgears/accounting-service/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/smartgears/accounting-service/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,16 @@
 ---
+- block:
+    - name: Remove the accounting service app
+      file: dest={{ item }} state=absent
+      with_items:
+        - '{{ smartgears_instance_path }}/webapps/{{ accounting_service_name }}'
+        - '{{ smartgears_instance_path }}/webapps/{{ accounting_service_name }}.{{ accounting_service_extension }}'
+
+  become: True
+  become_user: '{{ smartgears_user }}'
+  when: not accounting_service_install
+  tags: [ 'smartgears', 'accounting_service', 'tomcat' ]
+
 - block:
     - name: Get the accounting_service war
       maven_artifact: artifact_id={{ accounting_service_name }} version={{ accounting_service_version | default('latest') }} group_id={{ accounting_service_group_id }} extension={{ accounting_service_extension | default('war') }} repository_url={{ smartgears_global_base_url }} dest={{ smartgears_downloads_dir }}/{{ accounting_service_file }}