diff --git a/roles/wsgi_website/tasks/main.yml b/roles/wsgi_website/tasks/main.yml
index bc3d8493041e42bbf38218b8ecc5ef5e791c310c..2cd1d327db0a259856907721405c7fb974f8eb10 100644
--- a/roles/wsgi_website/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/wsgi_website/tasks/main.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     name: "{{ admin }}"
     uid: "{{ admin_uid | default(omit) }}"
     group: "{{ user }}"
-    ansible.builtin.shell: /bin/bash
+    shell: /bin/bash
     createhome: true
     home: "{{ home }}"
     state: present
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
     # This is a workaround for a rather stupid bug that Debian seems
     # uninterested to backport -
     # https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=865762
-    ansible.builtin.shell: /bin/sh
+    shell: /bin/sh
 
 - name: Add nginx user to website group
   ansible.builtin.user: