diff --git a/roles/mailman/tasks/main.yml b/roles/mailman/tasks/main.yml
index 5480a5be8f..d0744f45fc 100644
--- a/roles/mailman/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/mailman/tasks/main.yml
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@
     - restart mailman3
 
 - name: symlink the hyperkitty conffile in mailman directory
-  copy: src=${mailman_webui_confdir}/mailman-hyperkitty.cfg
+  file: src=${mailman_webui_confdir}/mailman-hyperkitty.cfg
         dest=/etc/mailman3.d/hyperkitty.cfg state=link
   tags:
   - config