diff --git a/library/roles/nagios/defaults/main.yml b/library/roles/nagios/defaults/main.yml
index 3d9a4d7b..a222d5ce 100644
--- a/library/roles/nagios/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/library/roles/nagios/defaults/main.yml
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ nagios_psql_db_size_c: 170000000
 nagios_psql_wal_files_w: 20
 nagios_psql_wal_files_c: 40
 
+#nagios_additional_checkdisk_options: '-i "/path/.*/to/dir" -A /foo'
+
 nrpe_command_timeout: 420
 nrpe_include_dir: /etc/nagios/nrpe.d/
 
diff --git a/library/roles/nagios/tasks/dell-omsa.yml b/library/roles/nagios/tasks/dell-omsa.yml
index d7b2fcf3..fd52b37e 100644
--- a/library/roles/nagios/tasks/dell-omsa.yml
+++ b/library/roles/nagios/tasks/dell-omsa.yml
@@ -33,30 +33,23 @@
   tags: [ 'dell', 'nagios' ]
 
 - name: Install the Dell OMSA packages dependencies
-  apt: pkg={{ item }} state=present force=yes update_cache=yes cache_valid_time=1800
-  with_items: '{{ nagios_dell_omsa_deps }}'
+  apt: pkg={{ nagios_dell_omsa_deps }} state=present force=yes update_cache=yes cache_valid_time=1800
   tags: [ 'dell', 'nagios' ]
 
 - name: Install other Dell OMSA packages dependencies
-  apt: pkg={{ item }} state=present update_cache=yes cache_valid_time=1800
-  with_items:
-    - python-requests
+  apt: pkg=python-requests state=present update_cache=yes cache_valid_time=1800
   register: requests_pkg
   ignore_errors: True
   tags: [ 'dell', 'nagios' ]
 
 - name: Install the python-pip package if requests is not available as a package
-  apt: pkg={{ item }} state=present update_cache=yes cache_valid_time=1800
-  with_items:
-    - python-pip
-  when: requests_pkg|failed
+  apt: pkg=python-pip state=present update_cache=yes cache_valid_time=1800
+  when: requests_pkg is failed
   tags: [ 'dell', 'nagios' ]
 
 - name: Install the python-requests package via pip if it s not available as package
-  pip: name={{ item }} state=latest use_mirrors=no
-  with_items:
-    - requests
-  when: requests_pkg|failed
+  pip: name=requests state=latest use_mirrors=no
+  when: requests_pkg is failed
   tags: [ 'dell', 'nagios' ]
 
 - name: Get the old libssl0.9.8_9.9.8 needed by del Dell OMSA utilities on debian 7
@@ -71,20 +64,16 @@
   tags: [ 'dell', 'nagios' ]
 
 - name: Install the main Dell OMSA package
-  apt: pkg={{ item }} state={{ nagios_dell_omsa_pkg_state }} force=yes update_cache=yes cache_valid_time=1800
-  with_items:
-    - syscfg
+  apt: pkg=syscfg state={{ nagios_dell_omsa_pkg_state }} force=yes update_cache=yes cache_valid_time=1800
   tags: [ 'dell', 'nagios' ]
 
 - name: Install the Dell OMSA packages
-  apt: pkg={{ item }} state={{ nagios_dell_omsa_pkg_state }} force=yes update_cache=yes cache_valid_time=1800
-  with_items: '{{ nagios_dell_omsa_pkgs }}'
+  apt: pkg={{ nagios_dell_omsa_pkgs }} state={{ nagios_dell_omsa_pkg_state }} force=yes update_cache=yes cache_valid_time=1800
   notify: Start Dell OMSA
   tags: [ 'dell', 'nagios' ]
 
 - name: Install some standalone plugins
-  copy: src={{ item }} dest={{ nagios_local_plugdir }}/{{ item }} owner=root group=nagios mode=0750
-  with_items: '{{ nagios_dell_standalone_checks }}'
+  copy: src={{ nagios_dell_standalone_checks }} dest={{ nagios_local_plugdir }}/{{ item }} owner=root group=nagios mode=0750
   tags: [ 'dell', 'nagios' ]
 
 - name: Install a cron job that removes the leaked semaphores created by the nagios check of Dell hardware status
diff --git a/library/roles/nagios/tasks/hardware-checks.yml b/library/roles/nagios/tasks/hardware-checks.yml
index 7182657e..54e15342 100644
--- a/library/roles/nagios/tasks/hardware-checks.yml
+++ b/library/roles/nagios/tasks/hardware-checks.yml
@@ -9,9 +9,7 @@
     - nagios
 
 - name: Install some packages needed by the hardware checks
-  apt: pkg={{ item }} state=present
-  with_items:
-    - smartmontools
+  apt: pkg=smartmontools state=present
   tags:
     - nagios-hw
     - nagios
diff --git a/library/roles/nagios/tasks/nagios.yml b/library/roles/nagios/tasks/nagios.yml
index 448616e6..ca1f7d80 100644
--- a/library/roles/nagios/tasks/nagios.yml
+++ b/library/roles/nagios/tasks/nagios.yml
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 ---
 - name: Install the nagios packages
-  apt: pkg={{ item }} state=present update_cache=yes cache_valid_time=1800
-  with_items: '{{ nagios_plugins_base_pkgs }}'
+  apt: pkg={{ nagios_plugins_base_pkgs }} state=present update_cache=yes cache_valid_time=1800
   tags: nagios
 
 - name: Additional nagios plugins when available
-  apt: pkg={{ item }} state=present update_cache=yes cache_valid_time=1800
-  with_items: '{{ nagios_plugins_contrib }}'
+  apt: pkg={{ nagios_plugins_contrib }} state=present update_cache=yes cache_valid_time=1800
   tags: [ 'nagios', 'nagios_plug_contrib' ]
 
 - name: Create the directory where our local plugins are installed
diff --git a/library/roles/nagios/tasks/nsca.yml b/library/roles/nagios/tasks/nsca.yml
index 96d09be8..f2e4561e 100644
--- a/library/roles/nagios/tasks/nsca.yml
+++ b/library/roles/nagios/tasks/nsca.yml
@@ -1,19 +1,8 @@
 ---
 - name: Configure the nsca client
   template: src=send_nsca.j2 dest=/etc/send_nsca.cfg owner=root group=root mode=400
-  tags:
-    - nsca
+  tags: nsca
 
-- apt: pkg={{ item }} state=present
-  with_items:
-    - nsca-client
-  when: '(({{ is_not_ubuntu_less_than_precise }}) == True) or (({{ is_debian7 }}) == True)'
-  tags:
-    - nsca
+- apt: pkg=nsca-client state=present
+  tags: nsca
 
-- apt: pkg={{ item }} state=present
-  with_items:
-    - nsca
-  when: "(({{ is_not_debian_less_than_6 }}) == True) and (({{ is_ubuntu_less_than_precise }}) == True)"
-  tags:
-    - nsca
diff --git a/library/roles/nagios/tasks/postgresql-nagios.yml b/library/roles/nagios/tasks/postgresql-nagios.yml
index 91c5cb81..dc09aa8f 100644
--- a/library/roles/nagios/tasks/postgresql-nagios.yml
+++ b/library/roles/nagios/tasks/postgresql-nagios.yml
@@ -12,9 +12,7 @@
     - nagios
 
 - name: Install the packages needed to check postgres via nagios
-  apt: pkg={{ item }} state=present
-  with_items:
-    - check-postgres
+  apt: pkg=check-postgres state=present
   tags:
     - nrpe
     - nagios
diff --git a/library/roles/nagios/templates/common-nrpe.cfg.j2 b/library/roles/nagios/templates/common-nrpe.cfg.j2
index f8282eb7..5ff96c61 100644
--- a/library/roles/nagios/templates/common-nrpe.cfg.j2
+++ b/library/roles/nagios/templates/common-nrpe.cfg.j2
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-command[global_check_disk]={{ nagios_plugins_dir }}/check_disk -w {{ nagios_check_disk_w }}% -c {{ nagios_check_disk_c }}% -X tmpfs -X proc -X sysfs -X devpts -X dev -A -i /mnt/.*
+command[global_check_disk]={{ nagios_plugins_dir }}/check_disk -w {{ nagios_check_disk_w }}% -c {{ nagios_check_disk_c }}% -X tmpfs -X proc -X sysfs -X devpts -X dev -A -i "/mnt/.*" {% if nagios_additional_checkdisk_options is defined %} {{ nagios_additional_checkdisk_options }} {% endif %}
 
 command[global_check_load]={{ nagios_plugins_dir }}/check_load {% if nagios_load_per_cpu %}-r{% endif %} -w {{ nagios_load_w }} -c {{ nagios_load_c }}
 {% if ansible_distribution_release == 'xenial' %}