fail2ban isn't useful when logging is turned off most of the time

src/freedombone-image-customise

     chroot "$rootdir" apt-get -yq install wireless-tools wpasupplicant usbutils cryptsetup zsh
     chroot "$rootdir" apt-get -yq install pinentry-curses eatmydata iotop bc hostapd haveged
     chroot "$rootdir" apt-get -yq install cpulimit screen elinks libpam-cracklib
-    chroot "$rootdir" apt-get -yq install fail2ban vim-common python3 unattended-upgrades
+    chroot "$rootdir" apt-get -yq install vim-common python3 unattended-upgrades
 
     # Tor and ssh over tor
     chroot "$rootdir" apt-get -yq install tor connect-proxy

src/freedombone-logging

 if [[ "$1" == "on" || "$1" == "On" || "$1" == "ON" ]]; then
     turn_logging_on
 
-    if [ -f /etc/fail2ban/fail2ban.conf ]; then
-        sed -i 's|loglevel.*|loglevel = 3|g' /etc/fail2ban/fail2ban.conf
-        sed -i 's|logtarget.*|logtarget = /var/log/fail2ban.log|g' /etc/fail2ban/fail2ban.conf
-    fi
     if [ -d /etc/tor ]; then
         if [ ! -d /var/log/tor ]; then
             mkdir /var/log/tor
             sed -i 's|log_error =.*|log_error = /dev/null|g' /etc/mysql/my.cnf
         fi
     fi
-    if [ -f /etc/fail2ban/fail2ban.conf ]; then
-        sed -i 's|loglevel.*|loglevel = 1|g' /etc/fail2ban/fail2ban.conf
-        sed -i 's|logtarget.*|logtarget = /dev/null|g' /etc/fail2ban/fail2ban.conf
-        $REMOVE_FILES_COMMAND /var/log/fail2ban.*
-    fi
     turn_off_rsys_logging
 fi
 
 if [ -d /var/www/radicale ]; then
     systemctl restart radicale
 fi
-if [ -d /etc/fail2ban ]; then
-    systemctl restart fail2ban
-fi
 if [ -d /etc/matrix ]; then
     systemctl restart matrix
 fi

src/freedombone-utils-ssh

     sed -i 's|#UsePrivilegeSeparation .*|UsePrivilegeSeparation sandbox|g' /etc/ssh/sshd_config
     sed -i 's|UsePrivilegeSeparation .*|UsePrivilegeSeparation sandbox|g' /etc/ssh/sshd_config
 
-    apt-get -yq install fail2ban vim-common
+    apt-get -yq install vim-common
 
     function_check configure_firewall_for_ssh
     configure_firewall_for_ssh