diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 92576ada..9e48d32f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ These should not affect the functionality of the module.
 - Fpm config results in "expects a Hash value, got Tuple" [\#536](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-php/issues/536)
 - composer created as folder not binary file [\#535](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-php/issues/535)
 - Forge Release [\#528](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-php/issues/528)
-- Invalid tag '::php::config' on node ... [\#177](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-php/issues/177)
+- Invalid tag 'php::config' on node ... [\#177](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-php/issues/177)
 
 **Merged pull requests:**
 
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ These should not affect the functionality of the module.
 
 - Remove hard dependency from apt-transport-https [\#454](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-php/issues/454)
 - use php::global::php\_version for php::repo::\* version [\#222](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-php/issues/222)
-- refactor ::php::repo::debian to use the version variable [\#219](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-php/issues/219)
+- refactor php::repo::debian to use the version variable [\#219](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-php/issues/219)
 - push back hard dependency on hiera [\#215](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-php/issues/215)
 - Support PHP 7.0 on FreeBSD [\#207](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-php/issues/207)
 - set default version for debian buster and add support for buster [\#530](https://github.com/voxpupuli/puppet-php/pull/530) ([lelutin](https://github.com/lelutin))
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1d60cd18..e05e683b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -16,14 +16,14 @@ This originally was a fork of [jippi/puppet-php](https://github.com/jippi/puppet
 Quickest way to get started is simply `include`'ing the _`php` class_.
 
 ```puppet
-include '::php'
+include 'php'
 ```
 
 Or, you can override defaults and specify additional custom
-configurations by declaring `class { '::php': }` with parameters:
+configurations by declaring `class { 'php': }` with parameters:
 
 ```puppet
-class { '::php':
+class { 'php':
   ensure       => latest,
   manage_repos => true,
   fpm          => true,
@@ -37,11 +37,11 @@ class { '::php':
 Optionally the PHP version or configuration root directory can be changed also:
 
 ```puppet
-class { '::php::globals':
+class { 'php::globals':
   php_version => '7.0',
   config_root => '/etc/php/7.0',
 }->
-class { '::php':
+class { 'php':
   manage_repos => true
 }
 ```
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ In the following example the PHP options and timezone will be set in
 all PHP configurations, i.e. the PHP cli application and all php-fpm pools.
 
 ```puppet
-  class { '::php':
+  class { 'php':
     settings   => {
       'PHP/max_execution_time'  => '90',
       'PHP/max_input_time'      => '300',
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ as parameter `extensions` on the main `php` class. They are
 activated for all activated SAPIs.
 
 ```puppet
-  class { '::php':
+  class { 'php':
     extensions => {
       bcmath    => { },
       imagick   => {
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ see [its documentation](REFERENCE.md#php--fpm--pool).
 By default, php-fpm is set up to run as Apache. If you need to customize that user, you can do that like so:
 
 ```puppet
-  class { '::php':
+  class { 'php':
     fpm_user  => 'nginx',
     fpm_group => 'nginx',
   }
@@ -343,11 +343,11 @@ This ensures that the module will create configurations in the directory
 manage the SCL repo's by your own.
 
 ```puppet
-class { '::php::globals':
+class { 'php::globals':
   php_version => 'rh-php71',
   rhscl_mode  => 'rhscl',
 }
--> class { '::php':
+-> class { 'php':
   manage_repos => false
 }
 ```
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ this module, since this module specifies an extension by name and derives the na
 from it. To manage extensions of SCL packages you must use the following parameters:
 
 ```puppet
-class { '::php':
+class { 'php':
   ...
   extensions  => {
     'soap' => {
diff --git a/manifests/cli.pp b/manifests/cli.pp
index 7eb0bb14..2b35a4ee 100644
--- a/manifests/cli.pp
+++ b/manifests/cli.pp
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 
   if $inifile != $php::params::config_root_inifile {
     # only create a cli specific inifile if the filenames are different
-    ::php::config { 'cli':
+    php::config { 'cli':
       file   => $inifile,
       config => $real_settings,
     }
diff --git a/manifests/extension/config.pp b/manifests/extension/config.pp
index 1fd0ba68..7fa3ce4a 100644
--- a/manifests/extension/config.pp
+++ b/manifests/extension/config.pp
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
 
   $config_root_ini = pick_default($php::config_root_ini, $php::params::config_root_ini)
   if $real_ensure != 'absent' {
-    ::php::config { $title:
+    php::config { $title:
       file   => "${config_root_ini}/${ini_prefix}${ini_name}.ini",
       config => $final_settings,
     }
diff --git a/manifests/fpm/config.pp b/manifests/fpm/config.pp
index 3cc1a635..71abf6ce 100644
--- a/manifests/fpm/config.pp
+++ b/manifests/fpm/config.pp
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@
   }
 
   if $inifile != $php::params::config_root_inifile {
-    ::php::config { 'fpm':
+    php::config { 'fpm':
       file   => $inifile,
       config => $settings,
     }
diff --git a/spec/classes/php_spec.rb b/spec/classes/php_spec.rb
index 9b4585ba..ce687b10 100644
--- a/spec/classes/php_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/php_spec.rb
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@
             scl_php_version = 'php56'
             rhscl_mode = 'remi'
             let(:pre_condition) do
-              "class {'::php::globals':
+              "class {'php::globals':
                         php_version => '#{scl_php_version}',
                         rhscl_mode => '#{rhscl_mode}'
               }"
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@
             scl_php_version = 'rh-php56'
             rhscl_mode = 'rhscl'
             let(:pre_condition) do
-              "class {'::php::globals':
+              "class {'php::globals':
                         php_version => '#{scl_php_version}',
                         rhscl_mode => '#{rhscl_mode}'
               }"
diff --git a/spec/defines/extension_rhscl_spec.rb b/spec/defines/extension_rhscl_spec.rb
index 383f4582..197ef173 100644
--- a/spec/defines/extension_rhscl_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/defines/extension_rhscl_spec.rb
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@
         configs_root = "/etc/opt/#{rhscl_mode}/#{scl_php_version}"
 
         let(:pre_condition) do
-          "class {'::php::globals':
+          "class {'php::globals':
                     php_version => '#{scl_php_version}',
                     rhscl_mode => '#{rhscl_mode}'
           }->
-          class {'::php':
+          class {'php':
                    ensure         => installed,
                    manage_repos   => false,
                    fpm            => false,