diff --git a/ad-auth/tasks/main.yml b/ad-auth/tasks/main.yml
index d9f4afc19663a3d3e3ffb21f97398d60ddf62743..b86b98f5612af519f344d00734f2861b253f6a78 100644
--- a/ad-auth/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/ad-auth/tasks/main.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 - meta: flush_handlers
 
 - name: ensure there is no local users group
-  lineinfile: dest=/etc/group state=absent line="users:x:100:"
+  lineinfile: path=/etc/group state=absent regexp="^users:"
   tags:
     - groups
     - config