diff --git a/manifests/server/service.pp b/manifests/server/service.pp
index 9049561..d741842 100644
--- a/manifests/server/service.pp
+++ b/manifests/server/service.pp
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ class confdroid_nagios::server::service (
       owner               => $ng_user,
       group               => $ng_user,
       mode                => '0640',
-      purge               => $ng_purge_target,
     }
 
     if $ng_enable_swap_check == true {