diff --git a/actions/apache b/actions/apache
index db2129a43..141f4753d 100755
--- a/actions/apache
+++ b/actions/apache
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ def subcommand_setup(arguments):
         webserver.enable('proxy_http', kind='module')
         webserver.enable('proxy_fcgi', kind='module')
         webserver.enable('rewrite', kind='module')
+        webserver.enable('macro', kind='module')
 
         # switch to mod_ssl from mod_gnutls
         webserver.disable('gnutls', kind='module')
diff --git a/actions/letsencrypt b/actions/letsencrypt
index 877e280b8..77941c7f5 100755
--- a/actions/letsencrypt
+++ b/actions/letsencrypt
@@ -511,7 +511,6 @@ def setup_webserver_config(domain, webserver_change):
     with open(file_name, 'w') as file_handle:
         file_handle.write(APACHE_CONFIGURATION.format(domain=domain))
 
-    webserver_change.enable('macro', kind='module')
     webserver_change.enable('freedombox-tls-site-macro', kind='config')
     webserver_change.enable(domain, kind='site')