diff --git a/roles/letsencrypt/tasks/main.yml b/roles/letsencrypt/tasks/main.yml
index d268f0bebb..75907115d7 100644
--- a/roles/letsencrypt/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/letsencrypt/tasks/main.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 - name: Get the directory to use
   delegate_to: certgetter01.phx2.fedoraproject.org
   # Sometimes we get directories like site-0001, site-0002, etc. We want the latest
-  shell: "file /etc/letsencrypt/live/{{site_name}}* | tail -1 | awk '{print $1} | sed -e 's/://' | tr -d '\n'"
+  shell: "file /etc/letsencrypt/live/{{site_name}}* | tail -1 | sed -e 's/: directory//' | tr -d '\n'"
   register: certbot_dir
   changed_when: 'false'
   tags: