diff --git a/scripts/clmc-service/install-clmc-service.sh b/scripts/clmc-service/install-clmc-service.sh
index 5ce6555d432fc894d014368d73eb6e0af6399ea2..126ea5f6779ce279d320aaa5b1b0d13baca92c95 100755
--- a/scripts/clmc-service/install-clmc-service.sh
+++ b/scripts/clmc-service/install-clmc-service.sh
@@ -88,8 +88,6 @@ fi
 echo "----> Creating CLMC web service log directory"
 mkdir -p /var/log/flame/clmc
 
-sed -i 's/REPO_ROOT/${REPO_ROOT}/g' ${REPO_ROOT}/src/service/production.ini
-
 # initialise the CLMC service database with the model tables
 echo "----> Initialising CLMC database"
 initialize_clmcservice_db production.ini
diff --git a/src/service/production.ini b/src/service/production.ini
index 5a6a21fdde5199268f3cc02d063a53667f0e9cc6..4d9613152f2ad78fe7bdab6c811a18b3fc8f3cec 100644
--- a/src/service/production.ini
+++ b/src/service/production.ini
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ pyramid.includes = pyramid_exclog
 exclog.ignore =
 
 
-network_configuration_path = REPO_ROOT/src/service/resources/GraphAPI/network_config.json
+network_configuration_path = /opt/clmc/src/service/resources/GraphAPI/network_config.json
 
 # PostgreSQL connection url
 sqlalchemy.url = postgresql://clmc:clmc_service@localhost:5432/whoamidb