diff --git a/playbooks/groups/mirrorlist.yml b/playbooks/groups/mirrorlist.yml
index 84866f5505..54046cfd46 100644
--- a/playbooks/groups/mirrorlist.yml
+++ b/playbooks/groups/mirrorlist.yml
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
 
   tasks:
   # this is how you include other task lists
-  - include: $tasks/common_scripts.yml
   - include: $tasks/hosts.yml
   - include: $tasks/yumrepos.yml
   - include: $tasks/base.yml
diff --git a/tasks/base.yml b/tasks/base.yml
index db3e869f45..e835f730ed 100644
--- a/tasks/base.yml
+++ b/tasks/base.yml
@@ -149,3 +149,13 @@
   - postfix
   - config
 
+#
+# This task installs some common scripts to /usr/local/bin
+# scripts are under $files/common-scripts
+#
+
+- name: Install common scripts
+  action: copy src=$item dest=/usr/local/bin/ owner=root group=root mode=0755
+  with_fileglob: $files/common-scripts/*
+  tags:
+  - config
diff --git a/tasks/common_scripts.yml b/tasks/common_scripts.yml
index a0574d9ca8..08251b8c81 100644
--- a/tasks/common_scripts.yml
+++ b/tasks/common_scripts.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
----
+
 #
 # This task installs some common scripts to /usr/local/bin
 # scripts are under $files/common-scripts