diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 12b16e8ae3ab2b4f0afb13c78072525cec246cc6..443c6952934936e50bbfe8ce93f4a40a16942a4e 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ sd_agent_key: ''
 sd_logging_level: 'info'
 sd_alert_cleanup: no
 sd_force_update: yes
-sd_plugins: []
 sd_groups:
   apache: 'none'
   mysql: 'none'
diff --git a/tasks/serverdensity.yml b/tasks/serverdensity.yml
index ac13392bc8f904cad3f78ccb9facda806870f4ea..028e1b6f85027af2f090a48e6491b2e582cb70b8 100644
--- a/tasks/serverdensity.yml
+++ b/tasks/serverdensity.yml
@@ -41,8 +41,7 @@
   copy:
     src={{ sd_plugins_files_dir }}/{{ item }}
     dest={{ sd_agent_plugins_dir }}/{{ item }}
-  with_items: '{{ sd_plugins }}'
-  when: sd_plugins|length > 0
+  with_items: '{{ sd_plugins|default([]) }}'
   notify: "ServerDensity | Restart Agent"
 
 - name: "ServerDensity | Configure The Agent"