diff --git a/ejabberd/manifests/init.pp b/ejabberd/manifests/init.pp
index 7bbece5..d3c1918 100644
--- a/ejabberd/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/ejabberd/manifests/init.pp
@@ -266,22 +266,22 @@ class ejabberd(
     default: { }
   }
 
-  $htdocs = '/usr/share/ejabberd/htdocs'
-
   if $webhosts {
     include apache::mod::proxy
     include apache::mod::proxy_http
     include apache::mod::rewrite
 
-    file { $htdocs:
-      ensure  => directory,
-      mode    => '0755',
-      owner   => 'root',
-      group   => 'root',
-      require => Package['ejabberd'],
+    file { [
+      '/usr/share/ejabberd',
+      '/usr/share/ejabberd/htdocs',
+    ]:
+      ensure => directory,
+      mode   => '0755',
+      owner  => 'root',
+      group  => 'root',
     }
 
-    file { "${htdocs}/.htaccess":
+    file { '/usr/share/ejabberd/htdocs/.htaccess':
       ensure  => present,
       mode    => '0644',
       owner   => 'root',
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ class ejabberd(
     }
 
     ejabberd::configwebhost { $webhosts:
-      htdocs => $htdocs,
+      htdocs => '/usr/share/ejabberd/htdocs',
     }
   }