diff --git a/manifests/config.pp b/manifests/config.pp
index 2420b00..5bbc1be 100644
--- a/manifests/config.pp
+++ b/manifests/config.pp
@@ -18,10 +18,13 @@
     group  => 'systemd-journal',
   }
 
-  file { '/etc/systemd/journald.conf':
-    ensure  => 'file',
-    owner   => 0,
-    group   => 0,
-    content => template("${module_name}/journald.conf.erb"),
+  $defaults = {
+    'path'   => '/etc/systemd/journald.conf',
+    'notify' => Service['systemd-journald'],
   }
+
+  $ini_settings = {
+    'Journal' => $merged_options,
+  }
+  create_ini_settings($ini_settings, $defaults)
 }
diff --git a/manifests/init.pp b/manifests/init.pp
index 6f6b288..47a3e6e 100644
--- a/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/manifests/init.pp
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 #
 # === Parameters:
 #
-# $persist_log::                 By default, the journal stores log data in /run/log/journal/. 
+# $persist_log::                 By default, the journal stores log data in /run/log/journal/.
 #                                Since /run/ is volatile, log data is lost at reboot. To make the
-#                                data persistent, it is sufficient to create /var/log/journal/ 
+#                                data persistent, it is sufficient to create /var/log/journal/
 #                                where systemd-journald will then store the data.
 #
 # $enable_defaults::             if defaults parameters should be used or not
@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@
   $enable_defaults =  $journald::params::enable_defaults,
   $options = {},
 ) inherits journald::params {
-  if $::osfamily == 'RedHat' and versioncmp($::operatingsystemrelease, '7.0') >= 0 {
-    contain ::journald::config
-    contain ::journald::service
 
-    Class['journald::config'] ~>
-    Class['journald::service']
-  }
+  contain ::journald::config
+  contain ::journald::service
+
+  Class['journald::config'] ~>
+  Class['journald::service']
+
 }
diff --git a/templates/journald.conf.erb b/templates/journald.conf.erb
deleted file mode 100644
index 1a347d0..0000000
--- a/templates/journald.conf.erb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-## file generated by puppet
-# See journald.conf(5) for details
-
-[Journal]
-<%- scope['journald::config::merged_options'].sort.each do |k, v| -%>
-<%- if v != :undef -%>
-<%= k %>=<%= v %>
-<%- end -%>
-<%- end -%>