diff --git a/contrib/template-override/opendaylight-template-overrides.j2 b/contrib/template-override/opendaylight-template-overrides.j2
index f6e1777ba3..3e2e70085f 100644
--- a/contrib/template-override/opendaylight-template-overrides.j2
+++ b/contrib/template-override/opendaylight-template-overrides.j2
@@ -14,9 +14,6 @@ RUN pip --no-cache-dir install /plugins/*
 
 {{ macros.install_packages(opendaylight_packages | customizable("packages")) }}
 
-  {% if opendaylight_distro is not defined %}
-    {% set opendaylight_distro = 'distribution-karaf-0.6.0-Carbon' %}
-  {% endif %}
 ADD opendaylight-archive /opendaylight
-RUN ln -s /opendaylight/{{ opendaylight_distro }} /opt/opendaylight
+RUN ln -s /opendaylight/* /opt/opendaylight
 {% endblock %}
diff --git a/doc/template-override/opendaylight-source.rst b/doc/template-override/opendaylight-source.rst
index 36b0af3d51..c34b920c6a 100644
--- a/doc/template-override/opendaylight-source.rst
+++ b/doc/template-override/opendaylight-source.rst
@@ -19,16 +19,10 @@ Building OpenDaylight Containers
 - For source builds append the following to kolla-build.conf,
   selecting the version of OpenDaylight to use for your source build.
 
-- Change `opendaylight_distro` to match the folder where OpenDaylight
-  build resides. For example, if using prebuilt archive from OpenDaylight
-  downloads `distribution-karaf-0.6.0-Carbon.tar.gz` becomes
-  `distribution-karaf-0.6.0-Carbon`.
-
 kolla-build.conf
 ________________
 .. code-block:: console
 
-    opendaylight_distro = distribution-karaf-0.6.0-Carbon
     [opendaylight]
     type = url
     location = https://nexus.opendaylight.org/content/repositories/opendaylight.release/org/opendaylight/integration/distribution-karaf/0.6.0-Carbon/distribution-karaf-0.6.0-Carbon.tar.gz