diff --git a/dns/manifests/init.pp b/dns/manifests/init.pp
index 1f0a23f..5ad817b 100644
--- a/dns/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/dns/manifests/init.pp
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ class dns::server {
             default => "/usr/sbin/named-checkconf -z -t ${chroot}"
         },
         refreshonly => true,
-        subscribe   => File["named.conf"],
+        require     => Exec["rndc-confgen"],
         notify      => Service["named"],
     }
 
@@ -133,7 +133,6 @@ class dns::server {
             "openbsd" => "/usr/sbin/named",
             default   => undef,
         },
-        require => Exec["rndc-confgen"],
     }
 
     file { "named.conf":