diff --git a/roles/network_plugin/calico/rr/tasks/main.yml b/roles/network_plugin/calico/rr/tasks/main.yml
index a289e5361..7d3b95728 100644
--- a/roles/network_plugin/calico/rr/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/network_plugin/calico/rr/tasks/main.yml
@@ -35,11 +35,9 @@
     group: root
 
 - name: Calico-rr | Link confd templates for calico-node
-  file:
+  copy:
     src: "{{ item }}"
     dest: "/templates/{{ item }}"
-    state: hard
-    force: yes
   with_items:
     - bird.cfg.template
     - bird6.cfg.template