diff --git a/tasks/http_client_proxy.yml b/tasks/http_client_proxy.yml
index b670f9f..078df82 100644
--- a/tasks/http_client_proxy.yml
+++ b/tasks/http_client_proxy.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     when: enable_env_proxy | bool
 
   - name: Remove the proxy environment file if not required
-    template: src=10-caching-proxy.sh.j2 dest=/etc/profile.d/10-caching-proxy.sh owner=root group=root mode=0444
+    file: dest=/etc/profile.d/10-caching-proxy.sh state=absent
     when: not enable_env_proxy | bool
 
   tags: [ 'systemsetup', 'proxyenv' ]