diff --git a/roles/moodle/templates/moodle-nginx.conf.j2 b/roles/moodle/templates/moodle-nginx.conf.j2
index 9a754f656..b1fe7ef7f 100644
--- a/roles/moodle/templates/moodle-nginx.conf.j2
+++ b/roles/moodle/templates/moodle-nginx.conf.j2
@@ -16,5 +16,5 @@ location ~ /moodle/[^/]\.php(/|$) {
     fastcgi_index index.php;
     fastcgi_param   PATH_INFO        $fastcgi_path_info;
     fastcgi_param   SCRIPT_FILENAME    $fastcgi_script_name;
-    fastcgi_param   PHP_VALUE "max_execution_time={{ max_execution_time }}\n upload_max_filesize={{ upload_max_filesize }}\n post_max_size={{ post_max_size }}\n max_input_vars={{ max_input_vars }}";
+    fastcgi_param   PHP_VALUE "max_execution_time=300\n upload_max_filesize=500M\n post_max_size=500M\n max_input_vars=5000";
 }