diff --git a/roles/common/tasks/main.yml b/roles/common/tasks/main.yml
index dad6c9b9620ae4311675bbe2d5c709b925778f32..827e9db9849787954a352fdc9fb5073eb55f334d 100644
--- a/roles/common/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/common/tasks/main.yml
@@ -99,9 +99,8 @@
 
 - name: Install common packages
   apt:
-    name: "{{ item }}"
+    name: "{{ common_packages }}"
     state: "present"
-  with_items: "{{ common_packages }}"
 
 - name: Set-up MariaDB mysql_config symbolic link for compatibility (workaround for Debian bug 766996)
   file: