diff --git a/playbooks/manual/kernel-qa.yml b/playbooks/manual/kernel-qa.yml
index 5a0b08cb97..b96a1e0865 100644
--- a/playbooks/manual/kernel-qa.yml
+++ b/playbooks/manual/kernel-qa.yml
@@ -18,10 +18,9 @@
   - nagios_client
   - fas_client
   - sudo
+  - hosts
 
   tasks:
-  # this is how you include other task lists
-  - include: "{{ tasks }}/hosts.yml"
   - include: "{{ tasks }}/yumrepos.yml"
   - include: "{{ tasks }}/2fa_client.yml"
   - include: "{{ tasks }}/motd.yml"