diff --git a/elements/mellanox/install.d/65-mellanox b/elements/mellanox/install.d/65-mellanox
index 4d545789..e35b9278 100755
--- a/elements/mellanox/install.d/65-mellanox
+++ b/elements/mellanox/install.d/65-mellanox
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@ set -e
 home=$(dirname $0)
 
 install -m 0644 -o root -g root $home/mellanox-rules.udev /etc/udev/rules.d/81-mellanox.rules
-install -m 0644 -o root -g root $home/mellanox.modprobe /etc/modprobe.d/mellanox.conf
+echo "mlx4_en" >>/etc/modules
diff --git a/elements/mellanox/install.d/mellanox.modprobe b/elements/mellanox/install.d/mellanox.modprobe
deleted file mode 100644
index 5b8480ca..00000000
--- a/elements/mellanox/install.d/mellanox.modprobe
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-# /etc/modprobe.d/mellanox.conf
-# Attempt to force the mellanox driver to be loaded
-/sbin/modprobe mlx4_en