diff --git a/roles/openvpn/client/tasks/main.yml b/roles/openvpn/client/tasks/main.yml
index a3ca8a8da7..781afd1d60 100644
--- a/roles/openvpn/client/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/openvpn/client/tasks/main.yml
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@
 
 - name: Make sure openvpn is running in rhel 7+
   service: name=openvpn-client@openvpn state=started enabled=true
-  when: ansible_distribution_major_version|int >= 7 and ansible_distribution == 'RedHat'
   tags:
   - service
   - openvpn