diff --git a/roles/web_server/tasks/main.yml b/roles/web_server/tasks/main.yml
index d2b9a617373b7e7289079bf2e7b2cc4ff0b57357..d2501917a59f22319ba498831dce209d87f3fc29 100644
--- a/roles/web_server/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/web_server/tasks/main.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     - Restart nginx
 
 - name: Remove TLS protocol configuration from the main configuration file
-  lineinfile: dest="/etc/nginx/nginx.conf" backrefs=yes regexp="^ssl_protocols" state=absent
+  lineinfile: dest="/etc/nginx/nginx.conf" backrefs=yes regexp="^\s*ssl_protocols" state=absent
   notify:
     - Restart nginx