diff --git a/roles/debian/varnish_config/defaults/main.yml b/roles/debian/varnish_config/defaults/main.yml
index fb1e92ea7..605771e86 100644
--- a/roles/debian/varnish_config/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/debian/varnish_config/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 ---
 # Defaults file for varnish_config, other variables exist from importing geerlingguy.varnish and can be overriden
 
-varnish_pidfile: /run/varnishd.pid
-limit_nofile: 131072
 limit_memlock: 82000
 limit_core: infinity
 tasks_max: infinity
diff --git a/roles/debian/varnish_config/tasks/main.yml b/roles/debian/varnish_config/tasks/main.yml
index 3e9c69011..ace30d274 100644
--- a/roles/debian/varnish_config/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/debian/varnish_config/tasks/main.yml
@@ -20,4 +20,5 @@
       notify:
         - reload systemd
         - restart varnish
+
 # TO DO: add varnish to unattended upgrades
diff --git a/roles/debian/varnish_config/templates/varnish.service.j2 b/roles/debian/varnish_config/templates/varnish.service.j2
index 7a25cd7af..04712fdcd 100644
--- a/roles/debian/varnish_config/templates/varnish.service.j2
+++ b/roles/debian/varnish_config/templates/varnish.service.j2
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ KillMode=process
 PIDFile= {{ varnish_pidfile }}
 
 # Maximum number of open files (for ulimit -n)
-LimitNOFILE= {{ limit_nofile }}
+LimitNOFILE= {{ varnish_limit_nofile }}
 
 # Locked shared memory
 LimitMEMLOCK= {{ limit_memlock }}