diff --git a/.chef/config.rb b/.chef/config.rb
index c871c15..a0f2ce6 100644
--- a/.chef/config.rb
+++ b/.chef/config.rb
@@ -26,8 +26,7 @@ knife[:automatic_attribute_whitelist] = %w[
   chef_packages
 ]
 
-knife[:default_attribute_whitelist] = []
-knife[:normal_attribute_whitelist] = ['knife_zero', 'kosmos_kvm', 'kosmos-ejabberd', 'openresty']
-knife[:override_attribute_whitelist] = []
-
+# Added to /etc/chef/client.rb on node bootstrap
+# https://docs.chef.io/attribute_persistence/
+knife[:normal_attribute_allowlist] = ['knife_zero', 'kosmos_kvm', 'kosmos-ejabberd', 'openresty']
 knife[:allowed_normal_attributes] = ['knife_zero', 'kosmos_kvm', 'kosmos-ejabberd', 'openresty']