diff --git a/tasks/yumrepos.yml b/tasks/yumrepos.yml
index ecbb41d0f5..e98f14cfd4 100644
--- a/tasks/yumrepos.yml
+++ b/tasks/yumrepos.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
   - fedora.repo
   - fedora-updates.repo
   - fedora-updates-testing.repo
-  when: is_fedora and ansible_architecture is x86_64
+  when: is_fedora == 'True' and ansible_architecture is x86_64
   tags:
   - config
   - packages
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
   - fedora.repo
   - fedora-updates.repo
   - fedora-updates-testing.repo
-  when: is_fedora and {{ ansible_architecture }}.startswith('armv7l')
+  when: is_fedora == 'True' and ansible_architecture is armv7l
   tags:
   - config
   - packages