diff --git a/tasks/cloud_setup_basic.yml b/tasks/cloud_setup_basic.yml
index b34fdb283c..5eddbc395a 100644
--- a/tasks/cloud_setup_basic.yml
+++ b/tasks/cloud_setup_basic.yml
@@ -11,10 +11,11 @@
   - packages
 
 - name: Install desired extra packages (dnf)
-  dnf: state=present pkg={{ item }}
-  with_items:
-  - ntpdate
-  - libselinux-python
+  dnf:
+    state: present
+    pkg: 
+    - ntpdate
+    - libselinux-python
   when: ansible_distribution_major_version|int > 7 and ansible_distribution == 'RedHat' and ansible_cmdline.ostree is not defined
   tags:
   - packages