The cPanel provided ConfigServer Security Firewall plugin is not removed from the WHM interface after removing the cPanel-csf package

Symptoms

ConfigServer Security & Firewall still shows up under Home / Plugins / ConfigServer Security Firewall & LFD reports down/pending under Home / Server Status / Service Status after the cPanel CSF package has been removed.
 

Description

Removing the cPanel-CSF package with yum or DNF does not remove the Home / Plugins / ConfigServer Security Firewall interface, and LFD reports down/pending under Home / Server Status / Service Status 

We've opened an internal case for our development team to investigate this further. For reference, the case number is CPANEL-51933. Follow this article to receive an email notification when a solution is published in the product. 

Workaround

1. Install the cPanel-CSF package if it has been removed.

   # yum install cpanel-csf

2. Remove the configuration file for ConfigServer Security Firewall.

   # /usr/local/cpanel/bin/unregister_appconfig /usr/local/cpanel/bin/csf.conf.appconfig

3. Remove the LFD checkservd configuration file.

   # /bin/rm /etc/chkserv.d/lfd

4. Remove the cPanel-CSF package.

   # yum/dnf remove cpanel-csf