diff --git a/playbooks/manual/push-badges.yml b/playbooks/manual/push-badges.yml
index b4b9dc9b58..4e81ff522d 100644
--- a/playbooks/manual/push-badges.yml
+++ b/playbooks/manual/push-badges.yml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
   - include: "{{ handlers }}/restart_services.yml"
 
 - name: copy new badge art over to the badges web nodes
-  hosts: badges-web;badges-web-stg
+  hosts: badges-web:badges-web-stg
   user: root
   gather_facts: False
 
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
   - include: "{{ handlers }}/restart_services.yml"
 
 - name: copy any new badges rules over to the badges backend and restart it
-  hosts: badges-backend;badges-backend-stg
+  hosts: badges-backend:badges-backend-stg
   user: root
   gather_facts: False
 
diff --git a/playbooks/manual/qadevel.yml b/playbooks/manual/qadevel.yml
index 087dcc59bc..9782e017aa 100644
--- a/playbooks/manual/qadevel.yml
+++ b/playbooks/manual/qadevel.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 
 - name: make qadevel server
-  hosts: qadevel;qadevel-stg
+  hosts: qadevel:qadevel-stg
   user: root
   gather_facts: False
 
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   - include: "{{ handlers }}/restart_services.yml"
 
 - name: make the box be real
-  hosts: qadevel;qadevel-stg
+  hosts: qadevel:qadevel-stg
   user: root
   gather_facts: True
 
diff --git a/playbooks/manual/restart-fedmsg-services.yml b/playbooks/manual/restart-fedmsg-services.yml
index e47f92b678..30a292ecce 100644
--- a/playbooks/manual/restart-fedmsg-services.yml
+++ b/playbooks/manual/restart-fedmsg-services.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # need to be periodically updated with new things.
 
 - name: restart fedmsg-gateway instances
-  hosts: fedmsg-gateways;fedmsg-gateways-stg
+  hosts: fedmsg-gateways:fedmsg-gateways-stg
   user: root
   gather_facts: False
 
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     service: name=fedmsg-gateway state=restarted
 
 - name: restart fedmsg-relay instances
-  hosts: fedmsg-relays;fedmsg-relays-stg
+  hosts: fedmsg-relays:fedmsg-relays-stg
   user: root
   gather_facts: False
 
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     service: name=fedmsg-relay state=restarted
 
 - name: restart fedmsg-irc instances
-  hosts: fedmsg-ircs;fedmsg-ircs-stg
+  hosts: fedmsg-ircs:fedmsg-ircs-stg
   user: root
   gather_facts: False
 
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
     service: name=fedmsg-irc state=restarted
 
 - name: tell nagios to be quiet about FMN for the moment
-  hosts: notifs-backend;notifs-backend-stg
+  hosts: notifs-backend:notifs-backend-stg
   user: root
   gather_facts: False
 
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
     service: name=fmn-digests@1 state=restarted
 
 - name: restart fedmsg-hub instances
-  hosts: fedmsg-hubs;fedmsg-hubs-stg
+  hosts: fedmsg-hubs:fedmsg-hubs-stg
   user: root
   gather_facts: False
 
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
     service: name=fedmsg-hub state=restarted
 
 - name: restart moksha-hub instances
-  hosts: moksha-hubs;moksha-hubs-stg
+  hosts: moksha-hubs:moksha-hubs-stg
   user: root
   gather_facts: False