diff --git a/roles/cgit/make_pkgs_list/tasks/main.yml b/roles/cgit/make_pkgs_list/tasks/main.yml
index 048d9f2288..f5e583e6b2 100644
--- a/roles/cgit/make_pkgs_list/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/cgit/make_pkgs_list/tasks/main.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   file: dest=/srv/git state=directory mode=0755
 
 - name: ensure the repo list file exists
-  file: path=/srv/git/pkgs-git-repos-list state=touch owner=apache group=apache mode=0644
+  copy: content="" dest=/srv/git/pkgs-git-repos-list force=no owner=apache group=apache mode=0644
 
 - name: install the script
   copy: src=make-cgit-pkgs-list.sh dest=/usr/local/bin/make-cgit-pkgs-list.sh mode=0755