diff --git a/roles/matrix-base/tasks/server_base/setup_debian.yml b/roles/matrix-base/tasks/server_base/setup_debian.yml
index 3460fd3d7..c8325324c 100644
--- a/roles/matrix-base/tasks/server_base/setup_debian.yml
+++ b/roles/matrix-base/tasks/server_base/setup_debian.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   apt:
     name:
       - bash-completion
-      - "python{{'3' if ansible_python.version.major == 3}}-docker"
+      - "python{{'3' if ansible_python.version.major == 3 else ''}}-docker"
       - ntp
       - fuse
     state: latest