diff --git a/playbooks/groups/lockbox.yml b/playbooks/groups/lockbox.yml
index ced49a6175..9ee2ee34e9 100644
--- a/playbooks/groups/lockbox.yml
+++ b/playbooks/groups/lockbox.yml
@@ -54,6 +54,11 @@
    - /srv/web/infra/ansible/vars/{{ ansible_distribution }}.yml
 
   tasks:
+  - name: install needed packages
+    yum: pkg={{ item }} state=installed
+    with_items:
+    - httpd
+
   - name: create directories for local git repos
     file: path=/srv/git/{{ item.path }} state=directory owner=root group=root mode=1775
     with_items: "{{ gitrepos }}"
@@ -66,4 +71,4 @@
     file: path=/srv/ansible state=directory owner=root group=root mode=1775
 
   - name: create directory for serving kickstarts
-    file: path=/var/www/html/ks state=directory owner=httpd group=httpd mode=1755
+    file: path=/var/www/html/ks state=directory owner=apache group=apache mode=1755
diff --git a/roles/ansible-server/tasks/main.yml b/roles/ansible-server/tasks/main.yml
index 75fd264c65..b9c778bed3 100644
--- a/roles/ansible-server/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/ansible-server/tasks/main.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
   with_items:
   - ansible
   - git
-  - httpd
   tags:
   - packages