diff --git a/external_roles.yml b/external_roles.yml
index cf3e6d56fd..e1ea38af7c 100644
--- a/external_roles.yml
+++ b/external_roles.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 - src: geerlingguy.redis
   path: redis
   name: redis
-- src: ucsdlib.fits
+- src: https://github.com/ucsdlib/ansible-role-fits
   path: fits
   name: fits
 - src: ansiblebit.oracle-java
diff --git a/external_roles/fits/README.md b/external_roles/fits/README.md
index 99d2eec7a7..27fdbc05fd 100644
--- a/external_roles/fits/README.md
+++ b/external_roles/fits/README.md
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ Role Variables
 
 * `fits_version`: Version to install
 * `fits_install`: Location to install
+* `fits_disable_tika`: (boolean) Disable Apache Tika Toolkit
 
 Dependencies
 ------------
diff --git a/external_roles/fits/defaults/main.yml b/external_roles/fits/defaults/main.yml
index e049ef0fff..b8f7573d90 100644
--- a/external_roles/fits/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/external_roles/fits/defaults/main.yml
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@
 
 fits_version: 1.0.2
 fits_install: /opt
+fits_disable_tika: true
diff --git a/external_roles/fits/meta/.galaxy_install_info b/external_roles/fits/meta/.galaxy_install_info
index b3cd73d7ce..203d8f1da7 100644
--- a/external_roles/fits/meta/.galaxy_install_info
+++ b/external_roles/fits/meta/.galaxy_install_info
@@ -1 +1 @@
-{install_date: 'Mon Oct 10 19:40:20 2016', version: 1.0.0}
+{install_date: 'Thu Oct 20 18:02:17 2016', version: ''}
diff --git a/external_roles/fits/tasks/main.yml b/external_roles/fits/tasks/main.yml
index 77e6bc224e..43fc5a4bc2 100644
--- a/external_roles/fits/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/external_roles/fits/tasks/main.yml
@@ -24,3 +24,12 @@
     state: link
   become: true
   ignore_errors: '{{ ansible_check_mode }}'
+
+- name: Disable Tika
+  lineinfile:
+    dest='{{ fits_install }}/fits-{{ fits_version }}/xml/fits.xml'
+    regexp='.*(<.*edu.harvard.hul.ois.fits.tools.tika.TikaTool.*>).*'
+    backrefs=yes
+    line='<!-- \1 -->'
+    state=present
+  when: fits_disable_tika