diff --git a/manifests/main/files.pp b/manifests/main/files.pp
index 82696c6..629f362 100644
--- a/manifests/main/files.pp
+++ b/manifests/main/files.pp
@@ -74,9 +74,9 @@ class confdroid_nrpe::main::files (
     file { $ne_ssl_cert_file:
       ensure   => file,
       path     => $ne_ssl_cert_file,
-      owner    => 'root',
-      group    => 'root',
-      mode     => '0644',
+      owner    => $ne_user,
+      group    => $ne_user,
+      mode     => '0440',
       selrange => s0,
       selrole  => object_r,
       seltype  => cert_t,
@@ -86,9 +86,9 @@ class confdroid_nrpe::main::files (
     file { $ne_ssl_privatekey_file:
       ensure   => file,
       path     => $ne_ssl_privatekey_file,
-      owner    => 'root',
-      group    => 'root',
-      mode     => '0600',
+      owner    => $ne_user,
+      group    => $ne_user,
+      mode     => '0400',
       selrange => s0,
       selrole  => object_r,
       seltype  => cert_t,
@@ -98,9 +98,9 @@ class confdroid_nrpe::main::files (
     file { $ne_ssl_ca_cert_file:
       ensure   => file,
       path     => $ne_ssl_ca_cert_file,
-      owner    => 'root',
-      group    => 'root',
-      mode     => '0644',
+      owner    => $ne_user,
+      group    => $ne_user,
+      mode     => '0440',
       selrange => s0,
       selrole  => object_r,
       seltype  => cert_t,
diff --git a/manifests/params.pp b/manifests/params.pp
index 40a6bb5..7d16569 100644
--- a/manifests/params.pp
+++ b/manifests/params.pp
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@
 #   daemon will allow plugins to finish executing before killing them off.
 # @param [String] ne_connection_timeout maximum number of seconds that the
 #   NRPE daemon will wait for a connection to be established before exiting.
-# @param [String] ne_ssl_version These directives allow you to specify how to
-#   use SSL/TLS.
 # @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.
@@ -111,7 +109,6 @@ class confdroid_nrpe::params (
   String $ne_connection_timeout           = '300',
   String $ne_allow_weak_rnd_seed          = '1',
   Boolean $ne_enable_ssl                  = false,
-  String $ne_ssl_version                  = 'TLSv2+',
   String $ne_ssl_cipher_list              = 'ALL:!aNULL:!eNULL:!SSLv2:!LOW:!EXP:!RC4:!MD5:@STRENGTH',
   String $ne_ssl_client_certs             = '0',
   String $ne_ssl_logging                  = '0x00',
diff --git a/templates/nrpe_cfg.erb b/templates/nrpe_cfg.erb
index e3984e2..898fc98 100644
--- a/templates/nrpe_cfg.erb
+++ b/templates/nrpe_cfg.erb
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ connection_timeout=<%= @ne_connection_timeout %>
 allow_weak_random_seed=<%= @ne_allow_weak_rnd_seed %>
 
 <% if @ne_enable_ssl == true -%>
-ssl_version=<%= @ne_ssl_version %>
 ssl_cipher_list=<%= @ne_ssl_cipher_list %>
 ssl_cacert_file=<%= @ne_ssl_ca_cert_file %>
 ssl_cert_file=<%= @ne_ssl_cert_file %>