diff --git a/nifi-assembly/pom.xml b/nifi-assembly/pom.xml
index ddcd6e8a6c..49e562d277 100755
--- a/nifi-assembly/pom.xml
+++ b/nifi-assembly/pom.xml
@@ -544,11 +544,12 @@ language governing permissions and limitations under the License. -->
     </dependencies>
     <profiles>
         <profile>
-            <id>includeifnotppc</id>
+            <id>include-grpc</id>
+            <!-- This profile handles the inclusion of grpc artifacts. They are notoriously
+            environment specific in terms of build such as not working in os/arch=ppc64le
+            or in Centos6 due to requiring a newer version of GLIBC. -->
             <activation>
-                <os>
-                    <arch>!ppc64le</arch>
-                </os>
+                <activeByDefault>false</activeByDefault>
             </activation>
             <dependencies>
                 <dependency>
diff --git a/nifi-nar-bundles/pom.xml b/nifi-nar-bundles/pom.xml
index 30c31da114..0462e725eb 100755
--- a/nifi-nar-bundles/pom.xml
+++ b/nifi-nar-bundles/pom.xml
@@ -135,11 +135,12 @@
             </properties>
         </profile>
         <profile>
-            <id>includeifnotppc</id>
+            <id>include-grpc</id>
+            <!-- This profile handles the inclusion of grpc artifacts. They are notoriously
+            environment specific in terms of build such as not working in os/arch=ppc64le
+            or in Centos6 due to requiring a newer version of GLIBC. -->
             <activation>
-                <os>
-                    <arch>!ppc64le</arch>
-                </os>
+                <activeByDefault>false</activeByDefault>
             </activation>
             <modules>
                 <module>nifi-grpc-bundle</module>