diff --git a/manifests/integrations/process.pp b/manifests/integrations/process.pp
index fbebeaee..1a31137b 100644
--- a/manifests/integrations/process.pp
+++ b/manifests/integrations/process.pp
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
   }
 
   file { $dst:
-    ensure  => file,
+    ensure  => $local_processes.length ? { 0 => absent, default => file},
     owner   => $datadog_agent::params::dd_user,
     group   => $datadog_agent::params::dd_group,
     mode    => $datadog_agent::params::permissions_protected_file,