diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index 6204c80..ad65506 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
-- name: Set version specific variables
-  include_vars: "{{ item }}"
-  with_first_found:
-      - "{{ ansible_distribution }}-{{ ansible_distribution_major_version }}.yml"
-      - "{{ ansible_distribution }}.yml"
-      - "{{ ansible_os_family }}.yml"
-      - "default.yml"
+- name: Define default provider as nm
+  set_fact:
+    network_provider_default: nm
+
+- name: Override default provider to initscipts for older systems
+  set_fact:
+    network_provider_default: initscripts
+  when:
+    - ansible_distribution_major_version == "6"
+    - ansible_distribution == "CentOS" or ansible_distribution == "RedHat"
 
 # needed for ansible_facst.packages
 - name: Check which packages are installed
diff --git a/tests/roles/linux-system-roles.network/vars b/tests/roles/linux-system-roles.network/vars
deleted file mode 120000
index 338c9ad..0000000
--- a/tests/roles/linux-system-roles.network/vars
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../../../vars/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/vars/CentOS-6.yml b/vars/CentOS-6.yml
deleted file mode 120000
index 13b6ae7..0000000
--- a/vars/CentOS-6.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-default-initscripts.yml
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/vars/RedHat-6.yml b/vars/RedHat-6.yml
deleted file mode 120000
index 13b6ae7..0000000
--- a/vars/RedHat-6.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-default-initscripts.yml
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/vars/default-initscripts.yml b/vars/default-initscripts.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index ca07a6f..0000000
--- a/vars/default-initscripts.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
-network_provider_default: initscripts
diff --git a/vars/default-nm.yml b/vars/default-nm.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 66ca8d2..0000000
--- a/vars/default-nm.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
-network_provider_default: nm
diff --git a/vars/default.yml b/vars/default.yml
deleted file mode 120000
index f5ceaa2..0000000
--- a/vars/default.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-default-nm.yml
\ No newline at end of file