diff --git a/roles/nagios_server/tasks/main.yml b/roles/nagios_server/tasks/main.yml
index 67500afda4..b6e57de218 100644
--- a/roles/nagios_server/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/nagios_server/tasks/main.yml
@@ -118,7 +118,6 @@
 
 ## Copy over the command scripts
 - name: Copy /etc/nagios/commands
-  synchronize: src=nagios/commands/ dest=/etc/nagios/commands/
   copy: src=nagios/commands/{{ item }} dest=/etc/nagios/commands/{{ item }}
   with_items:
     - bzr.cfg