diff --git a/roles/slurmdb-config/tasks/main.yml b/roles/slurmdb-config/tasks/main.yml
index aa3323f100099f3037206ab18e3f6afefbb35418..49fba41f8608a0974523a41217a4b7db734f52bb 100644
--- a/roles/slurmdb-config/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/slurmdb-config/tasks/main.yml
@@ -22,13 +22,13 @@
   sudo: true
 
 - name: install slurmdb.conf
-  template: src=slurmdbd.conf.j2 dest={{ slurm_dir }}/etc/slurmdbd.conf
+  copy: src=files/slurmdbd.conf dest={{ slurm_dir }}/etc/slurmdbd.conf
   sudo: true
   when: slurm_dir is defined
 
 
 - name: install slurmdbd.conf
-  template: src=slurmdbd.conf.j2 dest=/etc/slurm/slurmdbd.conf
+  copy: src=slurmdbd.conf dest=/etc/slurm/slurmdbd.conf
   sudo: true
   when: slurm_dir is not defined