diff --git a/roles/ssh_hardening/tasks/hardening.yml b/roles/ssh_hardening/tasks/hardening.yml
index 5951a7da..e3488792 100644
--- a/roles/ssh_hardening/tasks/hardening.yml
+++ b/roles/ssh_hardening/tasks/hardening.yml
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
     mode: "0600"
     owner: "{{ ssh_owner }}"
     group: "{{ ssh_group }}"
-    validate: "{{ sshd_path }} -G -C user=root -C host=localhost -C addr=localhost -C lport=22 -f %s"
+    validate: "{{ sshd_path }} -G -f %s"
   notify: Restart sshd
   when: ssh_server_hardening | bool