diff --git a/roles/base/tasks/main.yml b/roles/base/tasks/main.yml
index 568b4e7b5a..26be4d96bd 100644
--- a/roles/base/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/base/tasks/main.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   - policycoreutils-python
   tags:
   - selinux
-  when: ansible_distribution_major_version|int != 8
+  when: ansible_distribution_major_version|int != 8 and ansible_python_interpreter != "/usr/bin/python3"
 
 - name: ensure packages required for semanage are installed (dnf)
   dnf: name=['policycoreutils-python-utils'] state=present