diff --git a/roles/wsgi_website/tasks/main.yml b/roles/wsgi_website/tasks/main.yml
index 4f07bcaa56431d3bda4fd3c7e1c4feadc958e0ea..1510ce6f6e601c20449c1184c76e138e91da2510 100644
--- a/roles/wsgi_website/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/wsgi_website/tasks/main.yml
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
   file:
     path: "{{ home }}/virtualenv"
     state: absent
-  when: "current_python_version.rc == 0 and not current_python_version.stdout.startswith(python_version | string)"
+  when: "current_python_version.rc == 0 and not current_python_version.stdout.startswith('3')"
   notify:
     - Restart WSGI services