diff --git a/playbooks/set_root_auth_keys.yml b/playbooks/set_root_auth_keys.yml
index 1004d99179..b552c21d92 100644
--- a/playbooks/set_root_auth_keys.yml
+++ b/playbooks/set_root_auth_keys.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,4 @@
    - name: add root keys for sysadmin-main and other allowed users
      action: authorized_key user=root key="{{ item }}"
      with_pipe:
-     - "{{ auth_keys_from_fas }} @sysadmin-main {{ root_auth_users }}"
-
-
+     - auth_keys_from_fas @sysadmin-main root_auth_users
diff --git a/tasks/cloud_setup_basic.yml b/tasks/cloud_setup_basic.yml
index b5d3d821c2..b76a83c4f5 100644
--- a/tasks/cloud_setup_basic.yml
+++ b/tasks/cloud_setup_basic.yml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 - name: add root keys for sysadmin-main and other allowed users
   action: authorized_key user=root key="{{ item }}"
   with_pipe:
-  - "{{ auth_keys_from_fas }} @sysadmin-main {{ root_auth_users }}"
+  - auth_keys_from_fas @sysadmin-main root_auth_users
   tags:
   - config
   ignore_errors: true