diff --git a/playbooks/groups/jenkins-cloud.yml b/playbooks/groups/jenkins-cloud.yml
index 3d734a751f..b6732478be 100644
--- a/playbooks/groups/jenkins-cloud.yml
+++ b/playbooks/groups/jenkins-cloud.yml
@@ -432,8 +432,8 @@
   - name: template sshd_config
     action: copy src={{ item }} dest=/etc/ssh/sshd_config mode=0600 owner=root group=root
     first_available_file:
-      - "{{ files }}/jenkins/sshd_config_slave.{{ ansible_distribution }}"
-      - "{{ files }}/jenkins/sshd_config_slave"
+      - jenkins/sshd_config_slave.{{ ansible_distribution }}
+      - jenkins/sshd_config_slave
     notify:
     - restart sshd
     tags: