diff --git a/roles/taskotron/execdb/tasks/main.yml b/roles/taskotron/execdb/tasks/main.yml
index 556f3df5c0..2ff3e0cc85 100644
--- a/roles/taskotron/execdb/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/taskotron/execdb/tasks/main.yml
@@ -17,14 +17,14 @@
   when: ansible_distribution_major_version|int > 21 and ansible_cmdline.ostree is not defined
 
 - name: ensure database is created
-  delegate_to: "{{ execdb_db_host }}"
+  delegate_to: "{{ execdb_db_host_machine }}"
   sudo_user: postgres
   sudo: true
   action: postgresql_db db={{ execdb_db_name }}
 
 - name: ensure dev execdb db user has access to dev database
   when: deployment_type == 'dev'
-  delegate_to: "{{ execdb_db_host }}"
+  delegate_to: "{{ execdb_db_host_machine }}"
   sudo_user: postgres
   sudo: true
   action: postgresql_user db={{ execdb_db_name }} user={{ execdb_db_user }} password={{ execdb_db_password }} role_attr_flags=NOSUPERUSER