diff --git a/roles/nagios_server/templates/nagios/hosts/phx2-external.cfg.j2 b/roles/nagios_server/templates/nagios/hosts/phx2-external.cfg.j2
index 26cae60da0..9e711cedb4 100644
--- a/roles/nagios_server/templates/nagios/hosts/phx2-external.cfg.j2
+++ b/roles/nagios_server/templates/nagios/hosts/phx2-external.cfg.j2
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{% for host in vars["phx2_external"] and hostvars[host].nagios_Check_Services['ping'] == true %}
+{% for host in vars["phx2_external"] %}
 define host {
   host_name               {{ host }}
   alias                   {{ host }}