diff --git a/manifests/params.pp b/manifests/params.pp
index 218ace6..309d5b2 100644
--- a/manifests/params.pp
+++ b/manifests/params.pp
@@ -38,8 +38,6 @@
 # @param [String] ne_ssl_cipher_list ciphers can be used. For backward
 #   compatibility, this defaults to 'ssl_cipher_list=ALL:!MD5:@STRENGTH' in
 #   this version but will be changed in a later version of NRPE.
-# @param [String] ne_ssl_cacert_file path and name of the ssl certificate
-#   authority  (ca) file / chain. must be full path.
 # @param [String] ne_ssl_client_certs determines client certificate usage.
 #   Values: 0 = Don't ask for or require client certificates
 #   1 = Ask for client certificates
@@ -119,7 +117,6 @@ class confdroid_nrpe::params (
   String $ne_ssl_version                  = 'TLSv2+',
   String $ne_ssl_use_adh                  = '1',
   String $ne_ssl_cipher_list              = 'ALL:!aNULL:!eNULL:!SSLv2:!LOW:!EXP:!RC4:!MD5:@STRENGTH',
-  String $ne_ssl_cacert_file              = '/etc/pki/tls/certs/ca-chain.crt.pem',
   String $ne_ssl_client_certs             = '2',
   String $ne_ssl_logging                  = '0x00',
   Array $ne_nasty_metachars               = ["|`&><'\\[]{};\r\n"],
diff --git a/templates/nrpe_cfg.erb b/templates/nrpe_cfg.erb
index c44ea06..8031930 100644
--- a/templates/nrpe_cfg.erb
+++ b/templates/nrpe_cfg.erb
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ allow_weak_random_seed=<%= @ne_allow_weak_rnd_seed %>
 ssl_version=<%= @ne_ssl_version %>
 ssl_use_adh=<%= @ne_ssl_use_adh %>
 ssl_cipher_list=<%= @ne_ssl_cipher_list %>
-ssl_cacert_file=<%= @ne_ssl_cacert_file %>
+ssl_cacert_file=<%= @ne_ssl_ca_cert_file %>
 ssl_cert_file=<%= @ne_ssl_cert_file %>
 ssl_privatekey_file=<%= @ne_ssl_privatekey_file %>
 ssl_client_certs=<%= @ne_ssl_client_certs %>