diff --git a/roles/kiwix/defaults/main.yml b/roles/kiwix/defaults/main.yml
index 24c1ff0a9..2696974fd 100644
--- a/roles/kiwix/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/kiwix/defaults/main.yml
@@ -57,6 +57,5 @@ kiwix_url: /kiwix
 kiwix_url_plus_slash: "{{ kiwix_url }}/"    # /kiwix/
 kiwix_path: "{{ iiab_base }}/kiwix"         # /opt/iiab/kiwix
 
-systemctl_program: /bin/systemctl
 kiwix_nginx_timeout: 600
 kiwix_threads: 4
diff --git a/roles/kiwix/tasks/enable-or-disable.yml b/roles/kiwix/tasks/enable-or-disable.yml
index c3b2d617c..6487d84a2 100644
--- a/roles/kiwix/tasks/enable-or-disable.yml
+++ b/roles/kiwix/tasks/enable-or-disable.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 - name: Make a crontab entry to restart kiwix-serve at 4AM (debuntu)
   lineinfile:
          # mn hr dy mo day-of-week[Sunday=0] username command-to-be-executed
-    line: "0  4  *  *  * root /bin/systemctl restart kiwix-serve.service"
+    line: "0  4  *  *  * root /usr/bin/systemctl restart kiwix-serve.service"
     dest: /etc/crontab
   when: kiwix_enabled
 
diff --git a/roles/kiwix/templates/iiab-make-kiwix-lib b/roles/kiwix/templates/iiab-make-kiwix-lib
index e69271949..f945bf2a4 100644
--- a/roles/kiwix/templates/iiab-make-kiwix-lib
+++ b/roles/kiwix/templates/iiab-make-kiwix-lib
@@ -25,12 +25,12 @@ if flock -n -e 200; then :
   else
     /usr/bin/iiab-make-kiwix-lib.py -f # force rebuild of library.xml
   fi
-  {{ systemctl_program }} stop kiwix-serve
+  /usr/bin/systemctl stop kiwix-serve
   if [ -f $KIWIXLIB ]; then
     rm $KIWIXLIB
   fi
   mv $KIWIXLIB.tmp $KIWIXLIB
-  {{ systemctl_program }} start kiwix-serve
+  /usr/bin/systemctl start kiwix-serve
 else
   echo "Can't get wait lock for iiab-make-kiwix-lib.py";
   exit 1;