diff --git a/roles/copr/frontend-cloud/tasks/main.yml b/roles/copr/frontend-cloud/tasks/main.yml
index 584ea99524..a4cd4163ec 100644
--- a/roles/copr/frontend-cloud/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/copr/frontend-cloud/tasks/main.yml
@@ -163,6 +163,12 @@
 - name: install custom systemd service files
   copy: src=systemd dest=/etc
 
+- name: compress rotated httpd logs
+  lineinfile: path=/etc/logrotate.d/httpd
+              line='    compress'
+              insertbefore='*delaycompress'
+              state=present
+
 - name: start logrotate service
   service: name=logrotate.timer state=started enabled=yes
 
diff --git a/roles/copr/frontend/tasks/main.yml b/roles/copr/frontend/tasks/main.yml
index 3039a54fff..c405a80770 100644
--- a/roles/copr/frontend/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/copr/frontend/tasks/main.yml
@@ -45,12 +45,6 @@
 - name: install httpd logrotate
   copy: src="httpd.logrotate" dest="/etc/logrotate.d/httpd"
 
-- name: compress rotated logs
-  lineinfile: path=/etc/logrotate.d/httpd
-              line='    compress'
-              insertbefore='*delaycompress'
-              state=present
-
 - name: enable and start httpd
   service: name=httpd state=started enabled=yes
   tags: