diff --git a/meta/main.yml b/meta/main.yml
index 8f264cc4..98e6538c 100644
--- a/meta/main.yml
+++ b/meta/main.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ galaxy_info:
   description: Install rabbitmq server
   company: Rackspace
   license: Apache2
-  min_ansible_version: 1.6.6
+  min_ansible_version: 2.0
   platforms:
     - name: Ubuntu
       versions:
diff --git a/tasks/rabbitmq_pre_install.yml b/tasks/rabbitmq_pre_install.yml
index 53a490bc..3531c053 100644
--- a/tasks/rabbitmq_pre_install.yml
+++ b/tasks/rabbitmq_pre_install.yml
@@ -13,23 +13,12 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-- name: Remove package rabbit if found for upgrade
-  file:
-    path: "{{ rabbitmq_package_path }}"
-    state: absent
-  tags:
-    - rabbitmq-upgrade
-    - rabbitmq-package-deb
-    - rabbitmq-package-deb-get
-    - rabbitmq-package-rpm
-    - rabbitmq-package-rpm-get
-
 - name: Download the RabbitMQ package
   get_url:
     url: "{{ rabbitmq_package_url }}"
     dest: "{{ rabbitmq_package_path }}"
     mode: "0644"
-    sha256sum: "{{ rabbitmq_package_sha256 }}"
+    checksum: "sha256:{{ rabbitmq_package_sha256 }}"
   register: package_download
   retries: 3
   delay: 10