diff --git a/salt/nginx/init.sls b/salt/nginx/init.sls
index 5c165df19..3551c2920 100644
--- a/salt/nginx/init.sls
+++ b/salt/nginx/init.sls
@@ -10,18 +10,11 @@ include:
 # Drop the correct nginx config based on role
 nginxconfdir:
   file.directory:
-    - name: /opt/so/conf/nginx/html
+    - name: /opt/so/conf/nginx
     - user: 939
     - group: 939
     - makedirs: True
 
-nginxhtml:
-  file.recurse:
-    - name: /opt/so/conf/nginx/html
-    - source: salt://nginx/html/
-    - user: 939
-    - group: 939
-
 nginxconf:
   file.managed:
     - name: /opt/so/conf/nginx/nginx.conf