diff --git a/dist/systemd/nomad.service b/dist/systemd/nomad.service
index 927b55d09..932bef34d 100644
--- a/dist/systemd/nomad.service
+++ b/dist/systemd/nomad.service
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ Description=Nomad
 Documentation=https://nomadproject.io/docs/
 Wants=network-online.target
 After=network-online.target
+StartLimitIntervalSec=10
+StartLimitBurst=3
 
 # When using Nomad with Consul it is not necessary to start Consul first. These
 # lines start Consul before Nomad as an optimization to avoid Nomad logging
@@ -19,8 +21,6 @@ LimitNOFILE=65536
 LimitNPROC=infinity
 Restart=on-failure
 RestartSec=2
-StartLimitBurst=3
-StartLimitIntervalSec=10
 TasksMax=infinity
 OOMScoreAdjust=-1000
 
diff --git a/e2e/terraform/packer/ubuntu-bionic-amd64/nomad.service b/e2e/terraform/packer/ubuntu-bionic-amd64/nomad.service
index 2e9c56097..6d805ff8c 100644
--- a/e2e/terraform/packer/ubuntu-bionic-amd64/nomad.service
+++ b/e2e/terraform/packer/ubuntu-bionic-amd64/nomad.service
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ Description=Nomad Agent
 Requires=network-online.target
 After=network-online.target
 StartLimitIntervalSec=10
+StartLimitBurst=3
 
 [Service]
 ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID
@@ -14,7 +15,6 @@ LimitNPROC=infinity
 TasksMax=infinity
 Restart=on-failure
 RestartSec=2
-StartLimitBurst=3
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/terraform/shared/config/nomad.service b/terraform/shared/config/nomad.service
index 0857c5a0d..07fcde891 100644
--- a/terraform/shared/config/nomad.service
+++ b/terraform/shared/config/nomad.service
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ Description=Nomad
 Documentation=https://nomadproject.io/docs/
 Wants=network-online.target
 After=network-online.target
+StartLimitIntervalSec=10
+StartLimitBurst=3
 
 # If you are running Consul, please uncomment following Wants/After configs.
 # Assuming your Consul service unit name is "consul"
@@ -18,8 +20,6 @@ LimitNOFILE=infinity
 LimitNPROC=infinity
 Restart=on-failure
 RestartSec=2
-StartLimitBurst=3
-StartLimitIntervalSec=10
 TasksMax=infinity
 
 [Install]