diff --git a/certbot-nginx/certbot_nginx/parser.py b/certbot-nginx/certbot_nginx/parser.py
index 23eacf70a..577e783fc 100644
--- a/certbot-nginx/certbot_nginx/parser.py
+++ b/certbot-nginx/certbot_nginx/parser.py
@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ def _update_or_add_directives(directives, insert_at_top, block):
 
 
 INCLUDE = 'include'
-REPEATABLE_DIRECTIVES = set(['server_name', 'listen', INCLUDE, 'location', 'rewrite'])
+REPEATABLE_DIRECTIVES = set(['server_name', 'listen', INCLUDE, 'rewrite'])
 COMMENT = ' managed by Certbot'
 COMMENT_BLOCK = [' ', '#', COMMENT]