diff --git a/playbooks/groups/jenkins-cloud.yml b/playbooks/groups/jenkins-cloud.yml
index 1f5e4e9646..c7b87df97e 100644
--- a/playbooks/groups/jenkins-cloud.yml
+++ b/playbooks/groups/jenkins-cloud.yml
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@
     - vim
     - dejavu-s\*
     - fontconfig
-    - java-1.8.0-openjdk
     - httpd
     - openssh-clients
     - git
@@ -53,6 +52,14 @@
     tags:
     - packages
 
+  - name: install java-1.8.0 except on rhel7 for jenkins
+    action: yum state=present pkg={{ item }}
+    with_items:
+    - java-1.8.0-openjdk
+    tags:
+    - packages
+    when: ansible_distribution_major_version != '7'
+
   - name: add jenkins proxy config file for apache
     action: copy src="{{ files }}/jenkins/master/jenkins-apache.conf"
             dest=/etc/httpd/conf.d/jenkins-apache.conf