diff --git a/roles/basessh/tasks/main.yml b/roles/basessh/tasks/main.yml
index c1d56f81db..95171e3fd6 100644
--- a/roles/basessh/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/basessh/tasks/main.yml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
   - config
   - sshd
   - selinux
-  when: ansible_distribution_major_version|int < 30 or ( ansible_distribution == 'RedHat' and ansible_distribution_major_version|int < 8 )
+  when: ( ansible_distribution_major_version|int < 30 and ansible_distribution == 'Fedora') or ( ansible_distribution == 'RedHat' and ansible_distribution_major_version|int < 8 )
 
 - name: make sure python3-libselinux is installed
   package: name=python3-libselinux state=present