diff --git a/states/salt_minion/templates/salt-minion.service.j2 b/states/salt_minion/templates/salt-minion.service.j2
index 209aa0e..a39b79d 100644
--- a/states/salt_minion/templates/salt-minion.service.j2
+++ b/states/salt_minion/templates/salt-minion.service.j2
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 ## {{ salt['pillar.get']('salt_managed', default='Salt Managed') }}
 [Unit]
 Description=The Salt Minion daemon
-StartLimitIntervalSec=500
-StartLimitBurst=5
 After=network.target
 
 [Service]
@@ -11,9 +9,10 @@ Type=notify
 KillMode=control-group
 Restart=on-failure
 RestartSec=10s
-StartLimitInterval=0
+StartLimitIntervalSec=500
+StartLimitBurst=5
 NotifyAccess=all
-LimitNOFILE=8192
+LimitNOFILE=32768
 ExecStart=salt-minion
 TimeoutStopSec=5s