diff --git a/roles/bodhi/backend/tasks/main.yml b/roles/bodhi/backend/tasks/main.yml
index 83e6a62586..225fd65505 100644
--- a/roles/bodhi/backend/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/bodhi/backend/tasks/main.yml
@@ -18,12 +18,6 @@
 - name: add masher user as 751 - and group
   user: name=masher uid=751 group=masher home=/home/masher groups=mock,ftpsync
 
-- name: add nrpe to the masher group so it can talk to the monitoring socket
-  user: name=nrpe groups=masher append=yes
-  tags:
-  - fedmsgdmonitor
-  - nagios_client
-
 - name: install needed packages
   yum: pkg={{ item }} state=present
   with_items:
diff --git a/roles/bodhi2/backend/tasks/main.yml b/roles/bodhi2/backend/tasks/main.yml
index 6db4372638..2968fef92e 100644
--- a/roles/bodhi2/backend/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/bodhi2/backend/tasks/main.yml
@@ -42,6 +42,12 @@
   tags:
   - bodhi
 
+- name: add nrpe to the masher group so it can talk to the monitoring socket
+  user: name=nrpe groups=masher append=yes
+  tags:
+  - fedmsgdmonitor
+  - nagios_client
+
 - name: change owner and group attributes of bodhi.pem file
   file: >
     path="/etc/pki/bodhi/bodhi.pem"