diff --git a/roles/ansible-server/templates/ansible.cfg.j2 b/roles/ansible-server/templates/ansible.cfg.j2
index 6d4ee96e1e..9008b788ce 100644
--- a/roles/ansible-server/templates/ansible.cfg.j2
+++ b/roles/ansible-server/templates/ansible.cfg.j2
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ vars_plugins={{ ansible_base }}/ansible/vars_plugins:~/.ansible/plugins/vars:/us
 
 # (list) List of extensions to ignore when looking for modules to load
 # This is for rejecting script and binary module fallback extensions
-;module_ignore_exts={{(REJECT_EXTS + ('.yaml', '.yml', '.ini'))}}
+;module_ignore_exts=(REJECT_EXTS + ('.yaml', '.yml', '.ini'))
 
 # (list) TODO: write it
 ;network_group_modules=eos, nxos, ios, iosxr, junos, enos, ce, vyos, sros, dellos9, dellos10, dellos6, asa, aruba, aireos, bigip, ironware, onyx, netconf, exos, voss, slxos