diff --git a/ansible/templates/alertad.conf b/ansible/templates/alertad.conf
index 81136d4..549ada1 100644
--- a/ansible/templates/alertad.conf
+++ b/ansible/templates/alertad.conf
@@ -52,8 +52,7 @@ SEVERITY_MAP = {
 DEFAULT_NORMAL_SEVERITY = 'normal'  # 'normal', 'ok', 'cleared'
 DEFAULT_PREVIOUS_SEVERITY = 'indeterminate'
 
-PLUGINS = ['reject', 'blackout', 'geoip', 'normalise']
-GEOIP_URL = 'http://ip-api.com/json'
+PLUGINS = ['reject', 'blackout', 'normalise']
 
 DATABASE_URL = "postgres://{{ db_user }}:{{ db_passwd }}@{{ db_loc }}/{{ db_name }}"
 DATABASE_NAME = "{{ db_name }}"
@@ -67,4 +66,4 @@ EMAIL_VERIFICATION = False
 # SMTP_PASSWORD = 'TODO'
 # SMTP_PORT = 'TODO'
 # SMTP_STARTTLS = 'TODO'
-# SMTP_USERNAME = 'TODO'
+#https://github.com/alerta/alerta/issues/1180 SMTP_USERNAME = 'TODO'