diff --git a/playbooks/groups/proxies-miscellaneous.yml b/playbooks/groups/proxies-miscellaneous.yml
index 1a40214b59..d8a6485ad2 100644
--- a/playbooks/groups/proxies-miscellaneous.yml
+++ b/playbooks/groups/proxies-miscellaneous.yml
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@
     path: /fedmsg
 
   - role: fedmsg/gateway/slave
+    stunnel_service: "websockets"
+    stunnel_source_port: 9939
+    stunnel_destination_port: 9938
 
   - role: httpd/fingerprints
     website: admin.fedoraproject.org
diff --git a/roles/fedmsg/gateway/slave/tasks/main.yml b/roles/fedmsg/gateway/slave/tasks/main.yml
index 39b41f0df6..1c995c69fe 100644
--- a/roles/fedmsg/gateway/slave/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/fedmsg/gateway/slave/tasks/main.yml
@@ -59,10 +59,6 @@
             owner=root group=root mode=0600
   with_items:
   - { file: stunnel-conf.j2, dest: /etc/stunnel/stunnel.conf }
-  vars:
-  - service: "websockets"
-  - source_port: 9939
-  - destination_port: 9938
   tags:
   - fedmsg/gateway
   - fedmsg/gateway/slave
diff --git a/roles/fedmsg/gateway/slave/templates/stunnel-conf.j2 b/roles/fedmsg/gateway/slave/templates/stunnel-conf.j2
index 8682a96f50..600475eba7 100644
--- a/roles/fedmsg/gateway/slave/templates/stunnel-conf.j2
+++ b/roles/fedmsg/gateway/slave/templates/stunnel-conf.j2
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ cert = /etc/pki/tls/certs/wildcard-2014.fedoraproject.org.cert
 key = /etc/pki/tls/private/wildcard-2014.fedoraproject.org.key
 pid = /var/run/stunnel.pid
 
-[{{ service }}]
+[{{ stunnel_service }}]
 
-accept = {{ source_port }}
-connect = {{ destination_port }}
+accept = {{ stunnel_source_port }}
+connect = {{ stunnel_destination_port }}