diff --git a/tasks/yumrepos.yml b/tasks/yumrepos.yml
index 75985c9fef..932712ce70 100644
--- a/tasks/yumrepos.yml
+++ b/tasks/yumrepos.yml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 
 - name: put epel repos on el systems
   copy: src="{{ files }}/common/epel{{ ansible_distribution_major_version|int }}.repo" dest="/etc/yum.repos.d/epel{{ ansible_distribution_major_version|int }}.repo"
-  when: ((ansible_distribution == 'RedHat' or ansible_distribution == 'CentOS') and use_default_epel) and datacenter != "aws"
+  when: (ansible_distribution == 'RedHat' or ansible_distribution == 'CentOS') and use_default_epel) and datacenter != "aws"
   tags:
   - config
   - packages