diff --git a/client/tasks/software.yml b/client/tasks/software.yml
index 14086158d896a3264bf3f64857eaecd49a5f9898..284c4e585d2609784bd67c074c5cea6a4589c2af 100644
--- a/client/tasks/software.yml
+++ b/client/tasks/software.yml
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@
   apt:
     name: xul-ext-quotecolors
     state: absent
-    purge: yes
+    purge: true
 
 - name: ensure mozilla applications are installed
   apt: