diff --git a/playbooks/groups/retrace.yml b/playbooks/groups/retrace.yml
index 854bc0c898..6da12268a6 100644
--- a/playbooks/groups/retrace.yml
+++ b/playbooks/groups/retrace.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
   - hosts
   - fas_client
   - rkhunter
-  - denyhosts
+  - { role: denyhosts, when: ansible_distribution_major_version != '7' }
   - nagios_client
   - sudo