diff --git a/roles/nhc/tasks/main.yml b/roles/nhc/tasks/main.yml
index 754736eed12747c968dcf014c37f3368affdaa84..bac75d5034f2dd26aea8f953437f6bee9cd454fe 100644
--- a/roles/nhc/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/nhc/tasks/main.yml
@@ -60,9 +60,3 @@
   become: true
   become_user: root
 
-- name: modifying DF_FLAGS in lbnl_fs script
-  replace: 
-    path: {{ nhc_dir }}/etc/nhc/scripts/lbnl_fs.nhc
-    regexp: 'DF_FLAGS="${DF_FLAGS:--Tka}"'
-    replace: 'DF_FLAGS="${DF_FLAGS:--Tk}"'
-    backup: yes
diff --git a/roles/nhc/templates/nhc.sysconfig.j2 b/roles/nhc/templates/nhc.sysconfig.j2
index 1a8faf38e69de20e38c28ae8589e9fddeb1976f2..a91646c3673a75b56ed0017306dc72462ff28528 100644
--- a/roles/nhc/templates/nhc.sysconfig.j2
+++ b/roles/nhc/templates/nhc.sysconfig.j2
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@ CONFFILE="{{ nhc_dir }}/etc/nhc/{{ nhc_config_file }}"
 NHC_EMAIL_TO="{{ nhc_emails }}"
 NHC_EMAIL_SUBJECT="{{ nhc_email_subject }}"
 NHC_LOOP_TIME="300"
-
+DF_FLAGS="-Tk"