diff --git a/roles/fedmsg/base/tasks/main.yml b/roles/fedmsg/base/tasks/main.yml
index 538a0afebc..fba3d7d0db 100644
--- a/roles/fedmsg/base/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/fedmsg/base/tasks/main.yml
@@ -15,12 +15,12 @@
 
 - name: install python2 fedmsg package
   yum: pkg=fedmsg state=present
-  when: "python34-fedmsg" not in group_names and ansible_distribution_major_version|int < 22
+  when: python34-fedmsg not in group_names and ansible_distribution_major_version|int < 22
   tags: fedmsg/base
 
 - name: install the python34 fedmsg package
   yum: pkg=python34-fedmsg-core state=present
-  when: "python34-fedmsg" in group_names and ansible_distribution_major_version|int < 22
+  when: python34-fedmsg in group_names and ansible_distribution_major_version|int < 22
   tags: fedmsg/base
 
 - name: install needed packages
@@ -36,12 +36,12 @@
 
 - name: install python2 fedmsg package
   dnf: pkg=fedmsg state=present
-  when: "python34-fedmsg" not in group_names and ansible_distribution_major_version|int > 21
+  when: python34-fedmsg not in group_names and ansible_distribution_major_version|int > 21
   tags: fedmsg/base
 
 - name: install the python34 fedmsg package
   dnf: pkg=python34-fedmsg-core state=present
-  when: "python34-fedmsg" in group_names and ansible_distribution_major_version|int > 21
+  when: python34-fedmsg in group_names and ansible_distribution_major_version|int > 21
   tags: fedmsg/base
 
 # We only need this on el6.  On el7, the fedmsg package uses systemd-tempfiles