diff --git a/roles/allow_stale_nfs/tasks/main.yml b/roles/allow_stale_nfs/tasks/main.yml
index 391c34dcb35fda959d8babfa848eb8cf6b820566..7541b935c2239e9ea257d02f63e718c364bfe82d 100644
--- a/roles/allow_stale_nfs/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/allow_stale_nfs/tasks/main.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,15 @@
   become: true
   become_user: root
 
+- name: remove old line
+  lineinfile:
+  args:
+    dest: "/etc/profile"
+    regexp: "^PATH=/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin$"
+    state: absent
+  become: true
+  become_user: root
+
 - name: remove /usr/local/ from the PATH in /etc/profile
   lineinfile:
   args: