diff --git a/roles/home-gui/tasks/emacs.yml b/roles/home-gui/tasks/emacs.yml
index cf4d5e8..67a5822 100644
--- a/roles/home-gui/tasks/emacs.yml
+++ b/roles/home-gui/tasks/emacs.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@
   vars:
     prefix: "{{ '/usr' if ansible_system == 'Linux' else '/usr/pkg' if ansible_system == 'NetBSD' else '/usr/local' }}"
   register: emacs_binary
+- name: Remove ~/.emacs file
+  file:
+    path: "{{ ansible_env.HOME }}/.emacs"
+    state: absent
 - name: Clone Emacs settings
   git:
     repo: https://code.acperkins.com/acp/emacs.d.git