diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index ef173c3..7e1bf8d 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -50,8 +50,6 @@ prometheus_mongodb_exporter_database: "admin"
 prometheus_mongodb_exporter_host: "localhost"
 prometheus_mongodb_exporter_port: 27017
 
-prometheus_nginx_scrape_uri: "http://localhost/stub_status"
-
 prometheus_opcache_exporter_fcgi_uri: "unix:///var/run/www.sock"
 
 prometheus_phpfpm_sockets_directory: "/run/php/"
diff --git a/templates/systemd/prometheus-nginx-exporter.service.j2 b/templates/systemd/prometheus-nginx-exporter.service.j2
index afbfc44..c0a0d7d 100644
--- a/templates/systemd/prometheus-nginx-exporter.service.j2
+++ b/templates/systemd/prometheus-nginx-exporter.service.j2
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ After=network.target
 [Service]
 Type=simple
 ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/prometheus-nginx-exporter \
--nginx.scrape-uri {{ prometheus_nginx_scrape_uri }} \
+-nginx.scrape-uri {{ prometheus_nginx_scrape_uri | default("http://localhost/stub_status") }} \
 -web.listen-address=0.0.0.0:9113
 
 [Install]