diff --git a/packweb-apache/tasks/phpmyadmin.yml b/packweb-apache/tasks/phpmyadmin.yml
index abb1c552..2dd8a5cd 100644
--- a/packweb-apache/tasks/phpmyadmin.yml
+++ b/packweb-apache/tasks/phpmyadmin.yml
@@ -11,18 +11,18 @@
     tasks_from: backports.yml
   when: ansible_distribution_major_version is version('10', '=')
 
-- name: Prefer phpMyAdmin package from backports (Debian 10)
-  ansible.builtin.template:
-    src: phpmyadmin_apt_preferences.j2
-    dest: /etc/apt/preferences.d/999-phpmyadmin
-    force: true
-    mode: "0644"
+- name: Install phpmyadmin from backports (Debian 10)
+  ansible.builtin.apt:
+    name: phpmyadmin
+    default_release: buster-backports
+    update_cache: yes
   when: ansible_distribution_major_version is version('10', '=')
 
 - name: Install phpmyadmin
   ansible.builtin.apt:
     name: phpmyadmin
     update_cache: yes
+  when: ansible_distribution_major_version is not version('10', '=')
 
 - name: Check if phpmyadmin default configuration is present
   ansible.builtin.stat:
diff --git a/packweb-apache/templates/phpmyadmin_apt_preferences.j2 b/packweb-apache/templates/phpmyadmin_apt_preferences.j2
deleted file mode 100644
index 3a2d2833..00000000
--- a/packweb-apache/templates/phpmyadmin_apt_preferences.j2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-Package: phpmyadmin php-twig
-Pin: release a=buster-backports
-Pin-Priority: 999