diff --git a/roles/osbs-client/tasks/main.yml b/roles/osbs-client/tasks/main.yml
index 9c8a550c83..e2fb525152 100644
--- a/roles/osbs-client/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/osbs-client/tasks/main.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   - osbs-client
 
 - name: apply osbs-client templated config
-  template: src=osbs.conf.j2 dest={{ osbs_client_conf_path }} mode=0640 group=nrpe
+  template: src=osbs.conf.j2 dest={{ osbs_client_conf_path }} mode=0640
   tags:
   - osbs-client