diff --git a/tasks/yumrepos.yml b/tasks/yumrepos.yml
index 2c9122010c..2ea6ab38db 100644
--- a/tasks/yumrepos.yml
+++ b/tasks/yumrepos.yml
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
 
 - name: add aarch64 server rpms repo
   copy: src="{{ files }}/common/rhel-7-aarch64-server-rpms.repo" dest="/etc/yum.repos.d/rhel-7-aarch64-server-rpms.repo"
-  when: (ansible_distribution == 'RedHat' or ansible_distribution == 'CentOS') and inventory_hostname.startswith('aarch64-c') and ansible_distribution_major_version|int = 7
+  when: (ansible_distribution == 'RedHat' or ansible_distribution == 'CentOS') and inventory_hostname.startswith('aarch64-c') and ansible_distribution_major_version = 7
   tags:
   - config
   - packages
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
 
 - name: add aarch64 server rpms repo
   copy: src="{{ files }}/common/rhel-8-aarch64-server-rpms.repo" dest="/etc/yum.repos.d/rhel-8-aarch64-server-rpms.repo"
-  when: (ansible_distribution == 'RedHat' or ansible_distribution == 'CentOS') and inventory_hostname.startswith('aarch64-c') and ansible_distribution_major_version|int = 8
+  when: (ansible_distribution == 'RedHat' or ansible_distribution == 'CentOS') and inventory_hostname.startswith('aarch64-c') and ansible_distribution_major_version = 8
   tags:
   - config
   - packages