diff --git a/roles/osm-vector-maps/tasks/install.yml b/roles/osm-vector-maps/tasks/install.yml
index 8b660ae92..d50c414d4 100644
--- a/roles/osm-vector-maps/tasks/install.yml
+++ b/roles/osm-vector-maps/tasks/install.yml
@@ -6,21 +6,15 @@
     group: "{{ apache_user }}"
     mode: '0755'
 
-- name: Download map catalog {{ iiab_map_url }}/assets/regions.json to {{ vector_map_path }}/maplist/assets/
+- name: Download map catalog {{ iiab_map_url }}/assets/regions.json to {{ iiab_etc_path }}
   get_url:
     url: "{{ iiab_map_url }}/assets/regions.json"    # http://download.iiab.io/content/OSM/vector-tiles/maplist/hidden
-    dest: "{{ vector_map_path }}/maplist/assets/"    # /library/www/osm-vector-maps
+    dest: "{{ iiab_etc_path }}"
 
-# handle case where a dummy file is already here and would break the symlink step that follows
-- name: Remove {{ doc_root }}/common/assets/regions.json
+- name: Symlink map catalog {{ vector_map_path }}/maplist/assets/regions.json -> {{ iiab_etc_path }}
   file:
-    dest: "{{ doc_root }}/common/assets/regions.json"    # /library/www/html
-    state: absent
-
-- name: Symlink catalog {{ doc_root }}/common/assets/regions.json -> {{ vector_map_path }}/maplist/assets/regions.json
-  file:
-    src: "{{ vector_map_path }}/maplist/assets/regions.json"    # /library/www/osm-vector-maps
-    dest: "{{ doc_root }}/common/assets/regions.json"    # /library/www/html
+    src: "{{ iiab_etc_path }}/regions.json"
+    dest: "{{ vector_map_path }}/maplist/assets/regions.json"
     state: link
 
 - name: Download the JavaScript bundle with OpenLayers (main.js) into {{ vector_map_path }}/maplist/, for test page http://box/maps/maplist