diff --git a/roles/people/tasks/main.yml b/roles/people/tasks/main.yml
index 89cf587a34..e63e429c69 100644
--- a/roles/people/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/people/tasks/main.yml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
   - selinux
 
 - name: set the SELinux policy for the users home git dirs
-  command: semanage fcontext -a -t git_user_content_t "/home/fedora/(/.*)/public_git(/.*)?"
+  command: semanage fcontext -a -t git_user_content_t "/home/fedora/(.*)/public_git(.*)"
   when: gitcontext.stdout.find('git_user_content_t') == -1
   tags:
   - config