diff --git a/install/tpl/apache_ispconfig.conf.master b/install/tpl/apache_ispconfig.conf.master
index 0f4a77cd9ae3eec26b11c59002349d4f166270de..271a9b8adbb667b57ab98b3dc76a96d7d8d32d66 100644
--- a/install/tpl/apache_ispconfig.conf.master
+++ b/install/tpl/apache_ispconfig.conf.master
@@ -4,11 +4,9 @@
 ServerTokens ProductOnly
 ServerSignature Off
 
-<tmpl_if name='apache_version' op='>=' value='2.4' format='version'>
 <IfModule mod_ssl.c>
 SSLStaplingCache shmcb:/var/run/ocsp(128000)
 </IfModule>
-</tmpl_if>
 
 ################################################
 # ISPConfig Logfile configuration for vlogger
diff --git a/install/tpl/apache_ispconfig.vhost.master b/install/tpl/apache_ispconfig.vhost.master
index d77060d3378ba0407b5cc5be2b5e95da28abd526..f97dad85b4bbaf89a8d1c93579cfe6abfc945997 100644
--- a/install/tpl/apache_ispconfig.vhost.master
+++ b/install/tpl/apache_ispconfig.vhost.master
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 ######################################################
 
 <tmpl_var name="vhost_port_listen"> Listen <tmpl_var name="vhost_port">
-<tmpl_if name='apache_version' op='<' value='2.4' format='version'>NameVirtualHost *:<tmpl_var name="vhost_port"></tmpl_if>
 
 <VirtualHost _default_:<tmpl_var name="vhost_port">>
   ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
diff --git a/server/conf/vhost.conf.master b/server/conf/vhost.conf.master
index 05390b54d3ddb955c38515dfeb95831a2fcc61c4..7d129e559627abf3e14cc3a86d9fb6ee814488a9 100644
--- a/server/conf/vhost.conf.master
+++ b/server/conf/vhost.conf.master
@@ -256,24 +256,16 @@ DocumentRoot <tmpl_var name='web_document_root_www'>
 			    </Directory>
 				<Directory {tmpl_var name='web_document_root_www'}>
 					<FilesMatch "\.php[345]?$">
-                    <tmpl_if name='apache_version' op='>=' value='2.4' format='version'>
-                            <If "-f %{DOCUMENT_ROOT} . '/' . %{REQUEST_URI}">
-                                SetHandler php-fcgi
-                            </If>
-                    <tmpl_else>
-                            SetHandler php-fcgi
-                    </tmpl_if>
+						<If "-f %{DOCUMENT_ROOT} . '/' . %{REQUEST_URI}">
+							SetHandler php-fcgi
+						</If>
 					</FilesMatch>
 				</Directory>
 				<Directory {tmpl_var name='web_document_root'}>
 					<FilesMatch "\.php[345]?$">
-                    <tmpl_if name='apache_version' op='>=' value='2.4' format='version'>
-                            <If "-f %{DOCUMENT_ROOT} . '/' . %{REQUEST_URI}">
-                                SetHandler php-fcgi
-                            </If>
-                    <tmpl_else>
-                            SetHandler php-fcgi
-                    </tmpl_if>
+						<If "-f %{DOCUMENT_ROOT} . '/' . %{REQUEST_URI}">
+							SetHandler php-fcgi
+						</If>
 					</FilesMatch>
 				</Directory>
                 Action php-fcgi /php-fcgi virtual
@@ -290,13 +282,9 @@ DocumentRoot <tmpl_var name='web_document_root_www'>
 			#ProxyPassMatch ^/(.*\.php[345]?(/.*)?)$ fcgi://127.0.0.1:<tmpl_var name='fpm_port'><tmpl_var name='web_document_root'>/$1
 			<Directory {tmpl_var name='web_document_root'}>
 				<FilesMatch "\.php[345]?$">
-                    <tmpl_if name='apache_version' op='>=' value='2.4' format='version'>
-                            <If "-f %{DOCUMENT_ROOT} . '/' . %{REQUEST_URI}">
-                                    SetHandler "proxy:fcgi://127.0.0.1:<tmpl_var name='fpm_port'>"
-                            </If>
-                    <tmpl_else>
-                            SetHandler "proxy:fcgi://127.0.0.1:<tmpl_var name='fpm_port'>"
-                    </tmpl_if>
+						<If "-f %{DOCUMENT_ROOT} . '/' . %{REQUEST_URI}">
+								SetHandler "proxy:fcgi://127.0.0.1:<tmpl_var name='fpm_port'>"
+						</If>
 				</FilesMatch>
 			</Directory>
 </tmpl_if>
@@ -304,13 +292,9 @@ DocumentRoot <tmpl_var name='web_document_root_www'>
 			#ProxyPassMatch ^/(.*\.php[345]?(/.*)?)$ unix://<tmpl_var name='fpm_socket'>|fcgi://localhost/<tmpl_var name='web_document_root'>/$1
 			<Directory {tmpl_var name='web_document_root'}>
 				<FilesMatch "\.php[345]?$">
-                    <tmpl_if name='apache_version' op='>=' value='2.4' format='version'>
-                            <If "-f %{DOCUMENT_ROOT} . '/' . %{REQUEST_URI}">
-                                    SetHandler "proxy:unix:<tmpl_var name='fpm_socket'>|fcgi://localhost"
-                            </If>
-                    <tmpl_else>
-                            SetHandler "proxy:unix:<tmpl_var name='fpm_socket'>|fcgi://localhost"
-                    </tmpl_if>
+						<If "-f %{DOCUMENT_ROOT} . '/' . %{REQUEST_URI}">
+								SetHandler "proxy:unix:<tmpl_var name='fpm_socket'>|fcgi://localhost"
+						</If>
 				</FilesMatch>
 			</Directory>
 </tmpl_if>
@@ -325,30 +309,19 @@ DocumentRoot <tmpl_var name='web_document_root_www'>
 <tmpl_else>
 <tmpl_if name='rewrite_to_https' op='==' value='y'>
 		RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
-		<tmpl_if name='apache_version' op='<' value='2.4' format='version'>RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/\.well-known/acme-challenge/
-</tmpl_if>
 		RewriteRule (.*) https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L]
 </tmpl_if>
 </tmpl_if>
 <tmpl_if name='seo_redirect_enabled'>
 		RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} <tmpl_var name='seo_redirect_operator'>^<tmpl_var name='seo_redirect_origin_domain'>$ [NC]
-		<tmpl_if name='apache_version' op='<' value='2.4' format='version'>
-		RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/\.well-known/acme-challenge/
-		</tmpl_if>
 		RewriteRule ^ http<tmpl_if name='ssl_enabled'>s</tmpl_if>://<tmpl_var name='seo_redirect_target_domain'>%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,NE,L]
 </tmpl_if>
 <tmpl_loop name="alias_seo_redirects">
 		RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} <tmpl_var name='alias_seo_redirect_operator'>^<tmpl_var name='alias_seo_redirect_origin_domain'>$ [NC]
-		<tmpl_if name='apache_version' op='<' value='2.4' format='version'>
-		RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/\.well-known/acme-challenge/
-		</tmpl_if>
 		RewriteRule ^ http<tmpl_if name='ssl_enabled'>s</tmpl_if>://<tmpl_var name='alias_seo_redirect_target_domain'>%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,NE,L]
 </tmpl_loop>
 <tmpl_loop name="redirects">
 		RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} <tmpl_var name='rewrite_domain'>$ [NC]
-		<tmpl_if name='apache_version' op='<' value='2.4' format='version'>
-		RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/\.well-known/acme-challenge/
-		</tmpl_if>
 <tmpl_if name="rewrite_is_url" op="==" value="n">
 		RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/webdav/
 		RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/php-fcgi/
@@ -361,8 +334,6 @@ DocumentRoot <tmpl_var name='web_document_root_www'>
 <tmpl_else>
 <tmpl_if name='rewrite_to_https' op='==' value='y'>
         RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
-        <tmpl_if name='apache_version' op='<' value='2.4' format='version'>RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/\.well-known/acme-challenge/
-</tmpl_if>
         RewriteRule (.*) https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L,NE]
 </tmpl_if>
 </tmpl_if>