diff --git a/roles/fedimg/tasks/main.yml b/roles/fedimg/tasks/main.yml
index ab7b9a933b..0b40a50546 100644
--- a/roles/fedimg/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/fedimg/tasks/main.yml
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
   - fedimg
 
 - name: copy the releng script to purge ami to test
-  template: >
+  file: >
     src=clean-amis.py dest=/usr/local/bin/clean-amis.py
     owner=fedmsg group=fedmsg mode=0700
   tags: