diff --git a/tasks/apt.yml b/tasks/apt.yml
index b3ceff3e..ee994403 100644
--- a/tasks/apt.yml
+++ b/tasks/apt.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 ---
 - name: remove deprecated or insecure packages | package-01 - package-09
   apt:
-    name: '{{ item }}'
+    name: '{{ os_security_packages_list }}'
     state: 'absent'
-  with_items:
-    - '{{ os_security_packages_list }}'
   when: 'os_security_packages_clean'
diff --git a/tasks/yum.yml b/tasks/yum.yml
index 2f4000f7..f16f233d 100644
--- a/tasks/yum.yml
+++ b/tasks/yum.yml
@@ -40,8 +40,6 @@
 
 - name: remove deprecated or insecure packages | package-01 - package-09
   yum:
-    name: '{{ item }}'
+    name: '{{ os_security_packages_list }}'
     state: 'absent'
-  with_items:
-    - '{{ os_security_packages_list }}'
   when: os_security_packages_clean