diff --git a/playbooks/vhost_reboot.yml b/playbooks/vhost_reboot.yml
index f5465b69b4..e2526af965 100644
--- a/playbooks/vhost_reboot.yml
+++ b/playbooks/vhost_reboot.yml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     with_items: vmlist.list_vms
 
 # Call out to another playbook.  Disable any proxies that may live here
-- include: update-proxy-dns.yml status=disable target={{myvms_new}}:&proxies
+- include: update-proxy-dns.yml status=disable target=myvms_new:&proxies
 
 - name: halt instances
   hosts: myvms_new
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
     ignore_errors: true
 
 # Call out to that dns playbook.  Put proxies back in now that they're back
-- include: update-proxy-dns.yml status=enable target={{myvms_new}}:&proxies
+- include: update-proxy-dns.yml status=enable proxies=myvms_new:&proxies
 
 - name: Fix unbound if necessary
   # intersection - hosts that are in our dynamic group and also in unbound-dns