diff --git a/roles/dns/files/named.conf b/roles/dns/files/named.conf
index 532af9c643..3814175d17 100644
--- a/roles/dns/files/named.conf
+++ b/roles/dns/files/named.conf
@@ -49,12 +49,11 @@ options {
         };
         notify yes;
         minimal-responses yes;
-        // internal nameservers shouldn't ratelimit
         // rate-limit requests
-        //rate-limit {
-        //        responses-per-second 25;
-        //        window 5;
-        //};
+        rate-limit {
+                responses-per-second 25;
+                window 5;
+        };
 };
 //
 logging {