diff --git a/roles/fas_client/tasks/main.yml b/roles/fas_client/tasks/main.yml
index 1b12429672..f912374ce5 100644
--- a/roles/fas_client/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/fas_client/tasks/main.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 #
 - name: setup /etc/nsswitch.conf for client use
   copy: src=nsswitch.conf  dest=/etc/nsswitch.conf owner=root mode=644
-  when: is_rhel is defined and ansible_distribution_major_version == 6
   tags:
   - config