diff --git a/letsencrypt-acmetool-client/tasks/main.yml b/letsencrypt-acmetool-client/tasks/main.yml
index d0e9ffde..22887f42 100644
--- a/letsencrypt-acmetool-client/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/letsencrypt-acmetool-client/tasks/main.yml
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
   capabilities: path=/usr/bin/acmetool capability=cap_net_bind_service+ep state=absent
   when:
     - letsencrypt_acme_install
-    - "'{{ letsencrypt_acme_authenticator }}' != 'listener'"
+    - letsencrypt_acme_authenticator != 'listener'
   ignore_errors: True
   tags: letsencrypt