diff --git a/roles/distgit/tasks/main.yml b/roles/distgit/tasks/main.yml
index f03717ec27..bf9eaafe3c 100644
--- a/roles/distgit/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/distgit/tasks/main.yml
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@
   - distgit
 
 - name: remove packages pre-dating pagure over dist-git
-  yum: pkg= state=absent
+  yum: pkg={{ item }} state=absent
   with_items:
   - python-fedmsg-genacls
   tags: