diff --git a/basic-system/tasks/logging.yml b/basic-system/tasks/logging.yml
index 8ef233ac3cf4be7eec78fde55a319a84a98f77b1..e4167d79db3bed7416e7ba79a02c02295ede30b5 100644
--- a/basic-system/tasks/logging.yml
+++ b/basic-system/tasks/logging.yml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 - name: ensure rsyslog is absent without broken dependecies 
   apt: name=rsyslog state=absent purge=yes dpkg_options="force-confdef,force-confold,force-depends"
   when: 
-    - not syslog_provider|skipped
+    - not syslog_provider is skipped
     - ansible_distribution_major_version|int >= 9
     - syslogserver is not defined or syslogserver.split(":")[0] != ansible_fqdn
   tags: