diff --git a/roles/openvpn/tasks/main.yml b/roles/openvpn/tasks/main.yml
index 24746ebce..178676615 100644
--- a/roles/openvpn/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/openvpn/tasks/main.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     name:
       - ncat
     state: present
-  when: need_ncat is defined and need_ncat
+  when:  need_ncat | bool
   tags:
     - download
 
diff --git a/vars/default_vars.yml b/vars/default_vars.yml
index 0bd29da24..e1f30b651 100644
--- a/vars/default_vars.yml
+++ b/vars/default_vars.yml
@@ -188,6 +188,9 @@ openvpn_cron_enabled: False
 openvpn_server: xscenet.net
 openvpn_server_virtual_ip: 10.8.0.1
 openvpn_server_port: 1194
+# Newer versions of NMap do not include NCat which is used to announce handle
+# need_ncat is turned true by os-#.yml files that don't have ncat in nmap
+need_ncat: False
 
 
 # 2-COMMON
diff --git a/vars/raspbian-10.yml b/vars/raspbian-10.yml
index 7813a7200..9aef84329 100644
--- a/vars/raspbian-10.yml
+++ b/vars/raspbian-10.yml
@@ -40,3 +40,4 @@ minetest_working_dir: /library/games/minetest
 minetest_game_dir: /library/games/minetest/games/minetest_game
 minetest_rpi_src_url: http://www.nathansalapat.com/downloads/0.4.17.1.tar.gz
 minetest_rpi_src: minetest-0.4.17.1.tar.gz
+need_ncat: True