diff --git a/modules/rhizo_base/manifests/runit.pp b/modules/rhizo_base/manifests/runit.pp
index 80726a2..bc60f1e 100644
--- a/modules/rhizo_base/manifests/runit.pp
+++ b/modules/rhizo_base/manifests/runit.pp
@@ -28,17 +28,6 @@ class rhizo_base::runit {
       require => Class['rhizo_base::packages'],
     }
 
-  $_req = $osmo_stack ? {
-    'split'  =>   File['/etc/sv'],
-    'nitb'   =>   [ File['/etc/sv'], Class['rhizo_base::openbsc'] ],
-    default   =>  [ File['/etc/sv'], Class['rhizo_base::openbsc'] ],
-  }
-
-  file { '/etc/service/osmo-nitb':
-      ensure  => link,
-      target  => '/etc/sv/osmo-nitb',
-      require => $_req,
-    }
 
   if $operatingsystem != 'Debian' {
     file { '/etc/service/freeswitch':
@@ -67,13 +56,25 @@ class rhizo_base::runit {
       require => [ File['/etc/sv'] ],
     }
 
-  $_runit_sip_con = $osmo_stack ? {
+  $_runit_svc = $osmo_stack ? {
     'split' =>  absent,
     'nitb'  =>  link
   }
 
+  $_req = $osmo_stack ? {
+    'split'  =>   File['/etc/sv'],
+    'nitb'   =>   [ File['/etc/sv'], Class['rhizo_base::openbsc'] ],
+    default   =>  [ File['/etc/sv'], Class['rhizo_base::openbsc'] ],
+  }
+
+  file { '/etc/service/osmo-nitb':
+      ensure  => $_runit_svc,
+      target  => '/etc/sv/osmo-nitb',
+      require => $_req,
+    }
+
   file { '/etc/service/osmo-sip-connector':
-      ensure  => $_runit_sip_con,
+      ensure  => $_runit_svc,
       target  => '/etc/sv/osmo-sip-connector',
       require => [ File['/etc/sv'] ],
     }