diff --git a/tasks/yumrepos.yml b/tasks/yumrepos.yml
index 05044e3875..50b06448e1 100644
--- a/tasks/yumrepos.yml
+++ b/tasks/yumrepos.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   with_items:
   - epel6.repo
   - rhel6.repo
-  only_if: '$is_rhel'
+  when: is_rhel == 'True'
   tags:
   - config
   - packages
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
   - fedora.repo
   - fedora-updates.repo
   - fedora-updates-testing.repo
-  only_if: "$is_fedora and '${ansible_architecture}'.startswith('x86_64')"
+  when: is_fedora and {{ ansible_architecture }}.startswith('x86_64')
   tags:
   - config
   - packages
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
   - fedora.repo
   - fedora-updates.repo
   - fedora-updates-testing.repo
-  only_if: "$is_fedora and '${ansible_architecture}'.startswith('armv7l')"
+  when: is_fedora and {{ ansible_architecture }}.startswith('armv7l')
   tags:
   - config
   - packages