diff --git a/roles/distgit/tasks/main.yml b/roles/distgit/tasks/main.yml
index 3ce4f8c663..98ae3b69ca 100644
--- a/roles/distgit/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/distgit/tasks/main.yml
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@
   - distgit
 
 - name: remove file pre-dating pagure over dist-git
-  file: path={{ items }} state=abstent
+  file: path={{ item }} state=abstent
   with_items:
     - /usr/local/bin/genacls.sh
     - /usr/local/bin/genacls.pkgdb