diff --git a/roles/taskotron/grokmirror/tasks/main.yml b/roles/taskotron/grokmirror/tasks/main.yml
index af11ede371..4112181ef8 100644
--- a/roles/taskotron/grokmirror/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/taskotron/grokmirror/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 ---
 - name: ensure grokmirror packages are installed (yum)
-  package: name={{ item }} state=present
-  with_items:
+  package: 
+    state: present
+    name:
       - git
       - python-grokmirror
   when: ansible_distribution_major_version|int < 22
diff --git a/roles/taskotron/resultsdb-backend/tasks/main.yml b/roles/taskotron/resultsdb-backend/tasks/main.yml
index 6b4ccde34c..0b8b144c53 100644
--- a/roles/taskotron/resultsdb-backend/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/taskotron/resultsdb-backend/tasks/main.yml
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@
   service: name=httpd state=started
 
 - name: ensure packages required for resultsdb are installed (yum - required for testdays)
-  package: name={{ item }} state=present
-  with_items:
+  package: 
+    state: present
+    name:
     - resultsdb
     - mod_wsgi
     - python-psycopg2
diff --git a/roles/taskotron/resultsdb-frontend/tasks/main.yml b/roles/taskotron/resultsdb-frontend/tasks/main.yml
index 1ddbb0b21c..1bd0801d16 100644
--- a/roles/taskotron/resultsdb-frontend/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/taskotron/resultsdb-frontend/tasks/main.yml
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@
   service: name=httpd state=started
 
 - name: ensure packages required for resultsdb_frontend are installed (yum - required for testdays)
-  package: name={{ item }} state=present
-  with_items:
+  package: 
+    state: present
+    name:
     - resultsdb_frontend
     - mod_wsgi
   when: ansible_distribution_major_version|int < 22
diff --git a/roles/taskotron/ssl-taskotron/tasks/main.yml b/roles/taskotron/ssl-taskotron/tasks/main.yml
index e9070f0fa0..91ff4f5d9d 100644
--- a/roles/taskotron/ssl-taskotron/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/taskotron/ssl-taskotron/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 ---
 - name: ensure ssl related packages are installed (yum)
-  package: name={{ item }} state=present
-  with_items:
+  package: 
+    state: present
+    name:
       - mod_ssl
   when: ansible_distribution_major_version|int < 22
 
diff --git a/roles/taskotron/taskotron-frontend/tasks/main.yml b/roles/taskotron/taskotron-frontend/tasks/main.yml
index ec1086cd47..89dac238b9 100644
--- a/roles/taskotron/taskotron-frontend/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/taskotron/taskotron-frontend/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 ---
 - name: ensure packages required for taskotron-frontend are installed (yum)
-  package: name={{ item }} state=present
-  with_items:
+  package: 
+    state: present
+    name:
     - httpd
   when: ansible_distribution_major_version|int < 22
 
diff --git a/roles/taskotron/taskotron-proxy/tasks/main.yml b/roles/taskotron/taskotron-proxy/tasks/main.yml
index d3f76dcb19..58059d4625 100644
--- a/roles/taskotron/taskotron-proxy/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/taskotron/taskotron-proxy/tasks/main.yml
@@ -7,8 +7,9 @@
   service: name=httpd state=started
 
 - name: ensure packages required for proxying are installed (yum)
-  package: name={{ item }} state=present
-  with_items:
+  package: 
+    state: present
+    name:
     - libsemanage-python
   when: ansible_distribution_major_version|int < 22