diff --git a/roles/apache/tasks/main.yml b/roles/apache/tasks/main.yml
index 9b46352592..78ffe45b97 100644
--- a/roles/apache/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/apache/tasks/main.yml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 - name: hotfix - copy over new httpd init script
   copy: src="{{ files }}/hotfix/httpd/httpd.init" dest=/etc/init.d/httpd
         owner=root group=root mode=0755
+  when: ansible_distribution_major_version|int < 30
   notify:
   - reload apache
   tags: