diff --git a/ckan/ckan/tasks/ckan.yml b/ckan/ckan/tasks/ckan.yml
index 4f9952b5..84ead592 100644
--- a/ckan/ckan/tasks/ckan.yml
+++ b/ckan/ckan/tasks/ckan.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
 - name: authorization file for the psql command, if the database is on a remote server
   template: src=pgpass.j2 dest=/root/.pgpass owner=root mode=0600
-  when: "'{{ psql_db_host }}' != 'localhost'"
+  when: psql_db_host != 'localhost'
   tags: [ 'pg_backup', 'postgresql', 'postgres' ]
 
 - name: Initialize the CKAN databases