diff --git a/tasks/collectd/client.yml b/tasks/collectd/client.yml
index 058b2c0f8d..7cd8238fbe 100644
--- a/tasks/collectd/client.yml
+++ b/tasks/collectd/client.yml
@@ -11,13 +11,13 @@
 
 # install collected.conf
 - name: /etc/collectd.conf
-  template: src=$files/collectd/collectd.conf.j2 dest=/etc/collectd.conf state=present
+  template: src=$files/collectd/collectd.conf.j2 dest=/etc/collectd.conf
   notify:
   - restart collectd
 
 # install collectd-network config
 - name: /etc/collectd.d/nework.conf
-  copy: src=$files/collectd/network-client.conf dest=/etc/collectd/network.conf state=present
+  copy: src=$files/collectd/network-client.conf dest=/etc/collectd/network.conf
   notify:
   - restart collectd
 
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
   when_set: $collectd_apache
 
 - name: /etc/collectd/apache.conf
-  copy: src=$files/collectd/apache.conf dest=/etc/collectd/apache.conf state=present
+  copy: src=$files/collectd/apache.conf dest=/etc/collectd/apache.conf
   notify:
   - restart collectd
   when_set: $collectd_apache