diff --git a/roles/base/tasks/main.yml b/roles/base/tasks/main.yml
index 7aa9fc5e4a..53ebf77636 100644
--- a/roles/base/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/base/tasks/main.yml
@@ -14,10 +14,8 @@
   - selinux
 
 - name: ensure packages required for semanage are installed (dnf)
-  dnf: name={{ item }} state=present
+  dnf: name=['policycoreutils-python-utils'] state=present
   when: ansible_distribution_major_version|int > 21 and ansible_cmdline.ostree is not defined
-  with_items:
-  - policycoreutils-python-utils
   tags:
   - selinux