diff --git a/roles/base/tasks/main.yml b/roles/base/tasks/main.yml
index 8cd71fc226..c3630eb415 100644
--- a/roles/base/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/base/tasks/main.yml
@@ -534,6 +534,7 @@
     name: python
     link: /usr/bin/python
     path: /usr/bin/python3
+  when: ansible_distribution == 'RedHat' and ansible_distribution_major_version|int == 8
   tags:
   - base
   - config