diff --git a/manifests/config.pp b/manifests/config.pp
index 3f99dd54a..cc6954eef 100644
--- a/manifests/config.pp
+++ b/manifests/config.pp
@@ -258,8 +258,7 @@
   }
 
   file { "${conf_dir}/conf.d/proxy.conf":
-    ensure  => file,
-    content => template($proxy_conf_template),
+    ensure  => absent,
   }
 
   file { "${conf_dir}/conf.d/default.conf":
diff --git a/spec/classes/config_spec.rb b/spec/classes/config_spec.rb
index 8fcba48bb..fc7d0c6cb 100644
--- a/spec/classes/config_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/config_spec.rb
@@ -48,12 +48,6 @@
           :group => 'root',
           :mode => '0644'
         )}
-        it { is_expected.to contain_file("/etc/nginx/conf.d/proxy.conf").with(
-          :ensure => 'file',
-          :owner => 'root',
-          :group => 'root',
-          :mode => '0644'
-        )}
         it { is_expected.to contain_file("/tmp/nginx.d").with(
           :ensure => 'absent',
           :purge => true,
@@ -379,48 +373,23 @@
           :value => false,
           :notmatch => /mail/,
         },
-      ].each do |param|
-        context "when #{param[:attr]} is #{param[:value]}" do
-          let :params do { param[:attr].to_sym => param[:value] } end
-
-          it { is_expected.to contain_file("/etc/nginx/nginx.conf").with_mode('0644') }
-          it param[:title] do
-            matches  = Array(param[:match])
-
-            if matches.all? { |m| m.is_a? Regexp }
-              matches.each { |item| is_expected.to contain_file('/etc/nginx/nginx.conf').with_content(item) }
-            else
-              lines = catalogue.resource('file', '/etc/nginx/nginx.conf').send(:parameters)[:content].split("\n")
-              expect(lines & Array(param[:match])).to eq(Array(param[:match]))
-            end
-
-            Array(param[:notmatch]).each do |item|
-              is_expected.to contain_file("/etc/nginx/nginx.conf").without_content(item)
-            end
-          end
-        end
-      end
-    end
-
-    describe "proxy.conf template content" do
-      [
         {
           :title => 'should set proxy_buffers',
           :attr  => 'proxy_buffers',
           :value => '50 5k',
-          :match => 'proxy_buffers           50 5k;',
+          :match => '  proxy_buffers           50 5k;',
         },
         {
           :title => 'should set proxy_buffer_size',
           :attr  => 'proxy_buffer_size',
           :value => '2k',
-          :match => 'proxy_buffer_size       2k;',
+          :match => '  proxy_buffer_size       2k;',
         },
         {
           :title => 'should set proxy_http_version',
           :attr  => 'proxy_http_version',
           :value => '1.1',
-          :match => 'proxy_http_version      1.1;',
+          :match => '  proxy_http_version      1.1;',
         },
         {
           :title    => 'should not set proxy_http_version',
@@ -433,39 +402,39 @@
           :attr  => 'proxy_set_header',
           :value => ['header1','header2'],
           :match => [
-            'proxy_set_header        header1;',
-            'proxy_set_header        header2;',
+            '  proxy_set_header        header1;',
+            '  proxy_set_header        header2;',
           ],
         },
         {
             :title    => 'should set client_body_temp_path',
             :attr     => 'client_body_temp_path',
             :value    => '/path/to/body_temp',
-            :match => 'client_body_temp_path   /path/to/body_temp;',
+            :match => '  client_body_temp_path   /path/to/body_temp;',
         },
         {
             :title    => 'should set proxy_temp_path',
             :attr     => 'proxy_temp_path',
             :value    => '/path/to/proxy_temp',
-            :match => 'proxy_temp_path         /path/to/proxy_temp;',
+            :match => '  proxy_temp_path         /path/to/proxy_temp;',
         },
       ].each do |param|
         context "when #{param[:attr]} is #{param[:value]}" do
           let :params do { param[:attr].to_sym => param[:value] } end
 
-          it { is_expected.to contain_file("/etc/nginx/conf.d/proxy.conf").with_mode('0644') }
+          it { is_expected.to contain_file("/etc/nginx/nginx.conf").with_mode('0644') }
           it param[:title] do
             matches  = Array(param[:match])
 
             if matches.all? { |m| m.is_a? Regexp }
-              matches.each { |item| is_expected.to contain_file('/etc/nginx/conf.d/proxy.conf').with_content(item) }
+              matches.each { |item| is_expected.to contain_file('/etc/nginx/nginx.conf').with_content(item) }
             else
-              lines = catalogue.resource('file', '/etc/nginx/conf.d/proxy.conf').send(:parameters)[:content].split("\n")
+              lines = catalogue.resource('file', '/etc/nginx/nginx.conf').send(:parameters)[:content].split("\n")
               expect(lines & Array(param[:match])).to eq(Array(param[:match]))
             end
 
             Array(param[:notmatch]).each do |item|
-              is_expected.to contain_file("/etc/nginx/conf.d/proxy.conf").without_content(item)
+              is_expected.to contain_file("/etc/nginx/nginx.conf").without_content(item)
             end
           end
         end
diff --git a/templates/conf.d/nginx.conf.erb b/templates/conf.d/nginx.conf.erb
index 4838a90f3..79fa31358 100644
--- a/templates/conf.d/nginx.conf.erb
+++ b/templates/conf.d/nginx.conf.erb
@@ -64,6 +64,45 @@ http {
   gzip_disable "MSIE [1-6]\.(?!.*SV1)";
 
 <% end -%>
+<% if @client_body_temp_path -%>
+  client_body_temp_path   <%= @client_body_temp_path %>;
+<% end -%>
+<% if @client_max_body_size -%>
+  client_max_body_size    <%= @client_max_body_size %>;
+<% end -%>
+<% if @client_body_buffer_size -%>
+  client_body_buffer_size <%= @client_body_buffer_size %>;
+<% end -%>
+<% if @proxy_redirect -%>
+  proxy_redirect          <%= @proxy_redirect %>;
+<% end -%>
+<% if @proxy_temp_path -%>
+  proxy_temp_path         <%= @proxy_temp_path %>;
+<% end -%>
+<% if @proxy_connect_timeout -%>
+  proxy_connect_timeout   <%= @proxy_connect_timeout %>;
+<% end -%>
+<% if @proxy_send_timeout -%>
+  proxy_send_timeout      <%= @proxy_send_timeout %>;
+<% end -%>
+<% if @proxy_read_timeout -%>
+  proxy_read_timeout      <%= @proxy_read_timeout %>;
+<% end -%>
+<% if @proxy_buffers -%>
+  proxy_buffers           <%= @proxy_buffers %>;
+<% end -%>
+<% if @proxy_buffer_size -%>
+  proxy_buffer_size       <%= @proxy_buffer_size %>;
+<% end -%>
+<% if @proxy_http_version -%>
+  proxy_http_version      <%= @proxy_http_version %>;
+<% end -%>
+<% @proxy_set_header.each do |header| -%>
+  proxy_set_header        <%= header %>;
+<% end -%>
+<% if @proxy_headers_hash_bucket_size -%>
+  proxy_headers_hash_bucket_size <%= @proxy_headers_hash_bucket_size %>;
+<% end -%>
 <% if @proxy_cache_path -%>
   proxy_cache_path        <%= @proxy_cache_path %> levels=<%= @proxy_cache_levels %> keys_zone=<%= @proxy_cache_keys_zone %> max_size=<%= @proxy_cache_max_size %> inactive=<%= @proxy_cache_inactive %>;
 
diff --git a/templates/conf.d/proxy.conf.erb b/templates/conf.d/proxy.conf.erb
deleted file mode 100644
index d0801328f..000000000
--- a/templates/conf.d/proxy.conf.erb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-proxy_temp_path         <%= @proxy_temp_path %>;
-client_body_temp_path   <%= @client_body_temp_path %>;
-proxy_redirect          <%= @proxy_redirect %>;
-client_max_body_size    <%= @client_max_body_size %>;
-client_body_buffer_size <%= @client_body_buffer_size %>;
-proxy_connect_timeout   <%= @proxy_connect_timeout %>;
-proxy_send_timeout      <%= @proxy_send_timeout %>;
-proxy_read_timeout      <%= @proxy_read_timeout %>;
-proxy_buffers           <%= @proxy_buffers %>;
-proxy_buffer_size       <%= @proxy_buffer_size %>;
-<% if @proxy_http_version -%>
-proxy_http_version      <%= @proxy_http_version %>;<% end %>
-<% @proxy_set_header.each do |header| %>
-proxy_set_header        <%= header %>;<% end %>
-proxy_headers_hash_bucket_size <%= @proxy_headers_hash_bucket_size %>;