diff --git a/roles/osm/tasks/main.yml b/roles/osm/tasks/main.yml
index fb2b15952..a644ae6ef 100644
--- a/roles/osm/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/osm/tasks/main.yml
@@ -133,12 +133,6 @@
         state=directory
         owner={{ apache_user }}
         group={{ apache_user }}
-  when: is_debuntu
-
-- name: copy the default.ini with our location of /library/knowledge
-  template: src=defaults.ini
-            dest=/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/iiab/defaults.ini
-  when: is_debuntu
 
 # the following was brought into OSM playbook from iiab-factory osm-fix script
 - name: Get the path for python-redhat
@@ -152,6 +146,7 @@
 - name: Copy the files 
   template: src={{ item.src }} dest={{ item.dest }}
   with_items:
+     - { src: 'defaults.ini', dest: "{{ python_path }}/" }}
      - { src: 'etc.iiab.conf', dest: '/etc/iiab.conf' }
      - { src: 'map_search.py', dest: "{{ python_path }}/map_search.py" }
      - { src: 'map.html', dest: "{{ python_path }}/static/map.html" }