diff --git a/roles/nagios_server/tasks/main.yml b/roles/nagios_server/tasks/main.yml
index d1fc0c05f3..ec60946ea8 100644
--- a/roles/nagios_server/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/nagios_server/tasks/main.yml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
   - nagios_server
 
 - name: Copy /etc/nagios config
-  synchronize: src={{nagios_srcdir}}/ dest=/etc/nagios/
+  synchronize: src={{nagios_srcdir}}/ dest=/etc/nagios/ delete=yes
   tags:
   - nagios-config
   - nagios_server