diff --git a/roles/grafana_agent/vars/main.yaml b/roles/grafana_agent/vars/main.yaml
index c3094674..75353fc8 100644
--- a/roles/grafana_agent/vars/main.yaml
+++ b/roles/grafana_agent/vars/main.yaml
@@ -13,14 +13,7 @@ _download_cpu_arch_map:
 _grafana_agent_cpu_arch: "{{ _download_cpu_arch_map[ansible_architecture] | default(ansible_architecture) }}"
 
 # set the go os family
-_download_os_family_map:
-  alpine: linux
-  debian: linux
-  redhat: linux
-  darwin: darwin
-  freebsd: freebsd
-
-_grafana_agent_os_family: "{{ _download_os_family_map[ansible_os_family | lower] | default(ansible_os_family | lower) }}"
+_grafana_agent_os_family: "{{ ansible_system | lower }}"
 
 # set the name of the archive file to download
 _grafana_agent_download_archive_file: "grafana-agent-{{ _grafana_agent_os_family }}-{{ _grafana_agent_cpu_arch }}.zip"