diff --git a/scripts/init-ubuntu.sh b/scripts/init-ubuntu.sh
index bbe25589b..65e41ea07 100755
--- a/scripts/init-ubuntu.sh
+++ b/scripts/init-ubuntu.sh
@@ -121,13 +121,13 @@ else
     if ! apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends collectd collectd-utils; then
         # FQDNLookup is true in default debian config. The box code has a custom collectd.conf that fixes this
         echo "Failed to install collectd, continuing anyway. Presumably because of http://mailman.verplant.org/pipermail/collectd/2015-March/006491.html"
-        sed -e 's/^FQDNLookup true/FQDNLookup false/' -i /etc/collectd/collectd.conf
     fi
 
     if [[ "${ubuntu_version}" == "20.04" ]]; then
         echo -e "\nLD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/python3.8/config-3.8-x86_64-linux-gnu/libpython3.8.so" >> /etc/default/collectd
     fi
 fi
+sed -e 's/^FQDNLookup true/FQDNLookup false/' -i /etc/collectd/collectd.conf
 
 # some hosts like atlantic install ntp which conflicts with timedatectl. https://serverfault.com/questions/1024770/ubuntu-20-04-time-sync-problems-and-possibly-incorrect-status-information
 echo "==> Configuring host"