diff --git a/ansible/playbooks/oneoff-restore-backup.yml b/ansible/playbooks/oneoff-restore-backup.yml
index 66070c67..81877b26 100644
--- a/ansible/playbooks/oneoff-restore-backup.yml
+++ b/ansible/playbooks/oneoff-restore-backup.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
       - name: "find latest backups"
         shell:
           "aws s3 ls s3://sticky-automatic-backups/{{ item }} | grep -v -E \
-          '^ |\\.sha256$' | sort | tail -n 1 | awk '{print $4}'"
+          '^ ' | sort | tail -n 1 | awk '{print $4}'"
         register: "backup_filenames"
         with_items:
           - "admins/"
@@ -43,15 +43,6 @@
           {{ item.stdout }} {{ tmp_dir }}/{{ item.stdout }}"
         with_items: "{{ backup_filenames.results }}"
 
-      - name: "download checksums of backup archives"
-        command:
-          "aws s3 cp s3://sticky-automatic-backups/{{ item.item }}\
-          {{ item.stdout }}.sha256 {{ tmp_dir }}/{{ item.stdout }}.sha256"
-
-      - name: "compare checksums of backup archives"
-        command: "sha256sum --check {{ tmp_dir }}/{{ item.stdout }}.sha256"
-        with_items: "{{ backup_filenames.results }}"
-
       - name: "unpack admins and website backups"
         unarchive:
           src: "{{ tmp_dir }}/{{ item.stdout }}"
diff --git a/ansible/templates/home/ansible/.aws/config.j2 b/ansible/templates/home/ansible/.aws/config.j2
index 0c2ccf30..efb1144b 100644
--- a/ansible/templates/home/ansible/.aws/config.j2
+++ b/ansible/templates/home/ansible/.aws/config.j2
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ aws_secret_access_key = {{ secret_backup_aws.secret_key }}
 
 output = text
 region = eu-west-1
+payload_signing_enabled = true
diff --git a/ansible/templates/usr/local/bin/backup-to-s3.sh.j2 b/ansible/templates/usr/local/bin/backup-to-s3.sh.j2
index 80a37b82..e91365ec 100755
--- a/ansible/templates/usr/local/bin/backup-to-s3.sh.j2
+++ b/ansible/templates/usr/local/bin/backup-to-s3.sh.j2
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ if [[ -z ${1+x} ]]; then
 fi
 
 SOURCE="${1}"
-HASH="sha256" # Choose from md5/sha1/sha224/sha256/sha384/sha512
 FILE_TITLE="${SOURCE}-$(date +'%Y%m%d-%H%M%S')"
 
 S3BUCKET="{% if staging == 'true' %}staging-{% endif %}sticky-automatic-backups"
@@ -40,10 +39,7 @@ cleanup() {
   # Check because complete file name is only set when a valid backup source is
   # passed
   if [[ -n ${FILE_NAME+x} ]]; then
-    {
-      rm -rf "{{ tmp_dir }}/${FILE_NAME}"
-      rm -rf "{{ tmp_dir }}/${FILE_NAME}.${HASH}"
-    } 1> /dev/null
+    rm -rf "{{ tmp_dir }}/${FILE_NAME}" 1> /dev/null
   fi
 }
 
@@ -92,20 +88,14 @@ numfmt --to=iec --suffix=B --format="%.2f")
 SUCCESS_MESSAGE="*{% if staging == 'true' %}_FROM STAGING:_ {% endif %}Backup of \
 ${SOURCE} completed* _(${BACKUP_DATE})_\n_(Backup size: ${BACKUP_SIZE})_"
 
-${HASH}sum "{{ tmp_dir }}/${FILE_NAME}" > "{{ tmp_dir }}/${FILE_NAME}.${HASH}"
-
 {
   aws s3 cp "{{ tmp_dir }}/${FILE_NAME}" "s3://${S3BUCKET}/${S3PATH}/"
 
-  aws s3 cp "{{ tmp_dir }}/${FILE_NAME}.${HASH}" "s3://${S3BUCKET}/${S3PATH}/"
-
   rm "{{ tmp_dir }}/${FILE_NAME}"
 
   aws s3 cp "s3://${S3BUCKET}/${S3PATH}/${FILE_NAME}" \
   "{{ tmp_dir }}/${FILE_NAME}"
 
-  ${HASH}sum --check "{{ tmp_dir }}/${FILE_NAME}.${HASH}"
-
   echo -e "${SUCCESS_MESSAGE}" | /usr/local/bin/slacktee --plain-text\
   --username 'Backup service' --icon ':floppy_disk:' --attachment 'good'
 } 1> /dev/null