diff --git a/roles/nagios_client/tasks/main.yml b/roles/nagios_client/tasks/main.yml
index 40f5b156af..26daf187c6 100644
--- a/roles/nagios_client/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/nagios_client/tasks/main.yml
@@ -18,10 +18,8 @@
   - packages
 
 - name: install local nrpe check scripts that are not packaged
-  vars: 
-    libdir: /usr/lib64
 
-  copy: src="scripts/{{ item }}" dest="{{ libdir }}/nagios/plugins/{{ item }}" mode=0755 owner=nagios group=nagios
+  copy: src="scripts/{{ item }}" dest="{{ libdir | /usr/lib64 }}/nagios/plugins/{{ item }}" mode=0755 owner=nagios group=nagios
   with_items:
   - check_postfix_queue
   - check_raid.py