diff --git a/resources/puppetlabs/lein-ezbake/staging-templates/project_data.yaml.mustache b/resources/puppetlabs/lein-ezbake/staging-templates/project_data.yaml.mustache
index f73a5550..79f3d5fb 100644
--- a/resources/puppetlabs/lein-ezbake/staging-templates/project_data.yaml.mustache
+++ b/resources/puppetlabs/lein-ezbake/staging-templates/project_data.yaml.mustache
@@ -36,8 +36,6 @@ templates:
     target: ext/{{{project}}}.logrotate-legacy.conf
   - source: ext/ezbake.tmpfiles.conf.erb
     target: ext/{{{project}}}.tmpfiles.conf
-  - source: ext/ezbake.needrestart.conf.erb
-    target: ext/{{{project}}}.needrestart.conf
   - ext/redhat/preinst.erb
   - ext/redhat/postinst.erb
   - ext/redhat/prerm.erb
diff --git a/resources/puppetlabs/lein-ezbake/template/global/ext/ezbake.needrestart.conf.erb b/resources/puppetlabs/lein-ezbake/template/global/ext/ezbake.needrestart.conf.erb
deleted file mode 100644
index 5efff50d..00000000
--- a/resources/puppetlabs/lein-ezbake/template/global/ext/ezbake.needrestart.conf.erb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-push @{$nrconf{blacklist_rc}}, qr(^<%= EZBake::Config[:project] -%>)
diff --git a/resources/puppetlabs/lein-ezbake/template/global/install.sh.erb b/resources/puppetlabs/lein-ezbake/template/global/install.sh.erb
index e460d680..5cbd99b8 100755
--- a/resources/puppetlabs/lein-ezbake/template/global/install.sh.erb
+++ b/resources/puppetlabs/lein-ezbake/template/global/install.sh.erb
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ dest_apps_dir="${DESTDIR}${app_prefix}"
 app_data=${app_data:=/opt/puppetlabs/server/data/${real_name}}
 app_logdir=${app_logdir:=/var/log/puppetlabs/${real_name}}
 system_config_dir=${system_config_dir:=${app_prefix}/config}
-needrestart_confdir=${needrestart_dir:=/etc/needrestart/conf.d}
 
 
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