diff --git a/roles/nfs_server/defaults/main.yml b/roles/nfs_server/defaults/main.yml
index b66b23e..2b6c1a9 100644
--- a/roles/nfs_server/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/nfs_server/defaults/main.yml
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@
 atl_nfs_server_device: "{{ lookup('env', 'ATL_NFS_SERVER_DEVICE') }}"
 atl_nfs_fs_type: "{{ lookup('env', 'ATL_NFS_FS_TYPE') or 'xfs' }}"
 atl_nfs_fs_label: "{{ lookup('env', 'ATL_NFS_FS_LABEL') or 'BB-Shared' }}"
+atl_nfs_service_name: "nfs.service"
diff --git a/roles/nfs_server/handlers/main.yml b/roles/nfs_server/handlers/main.yml
index 8a65b54..d60a57e 100644
--- a/roles/nfs_server/handlers/main.yml
+++ b/roles/nfs_server/handlers/main.yml
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 
 - name: Restart NFS
   ansible.builtin.service:
-    name: "nfs.service"
+    name: "{atl_nfs_service_name}"
     state: restarted
diff --git a/roles/nfs_server/tasks/amazon-2023.yml b/roles/nfs_server/tasks/amazon-2023.yml
index 1134b60..6444f8c 100644
--- a/roles/nfs_server/tasks/amazon-2023.yml
+++ b/roles/nfs_server/tasks/amazon-2023.yml
@@ -5,10 +5,6 @@
     name:
       - nfs-utils
 
-- name: Create nfs.service symlink to nfs-server.service
-  ansible.builtin.file:
-    src: /usr/lib/systemd/system/nfs-server.service
-    dest: /usr/lib/systemd/system/nfs.service
-    owner: root
-    group: root
-    state: link
+- name: set nfs service name to nfs-server.service
+  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+    atl_nfs_service_name: "nfs-server.service"