diff --git a/roles/koji_builder/tasks/main.yml b/roles/koji_builder/tasks/main.yml
index ac4e4ebb92..7f3a8cd207 100644
--- a/roles/koji_builder/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/koji_builder/tasks/main.yml
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
 
 - name: config for the kojid runroot plugin (only in staging)
   copy: src=runroot.conf dest=/etc/kojid/runroot.conf
-  when: 'staging' in group_names
+  when: env == 'staging'
   notify:
   - restart kojid
   tags: