diff --git a/tasks/install-postfix.debian.yml b/tasks/install-postfix.debian.yml
index 582b8b7a26f566678ba1d7e7bcf20f5a167bad56..5e621658ad934083f19a8afd9fd46fe0a9069f9a 100644
--- a/tasks/install-postfix.debian.yml
+++ b/tasks/install-postfix.debian.yml
@@ -10,9 +10,8 @@
 
 - name: Install Postfix and related packages
   apt:
-    name: '{{ item }}'
+    name: '{{["postfix", "make"] + postfix__recommended_packages }}'
     state: present
     cache_valid_time: 3600
-  with_items: '{{["postfix", "make"] + postfix__recommended_packages }}'
 ...
 # vi: set ts=2 sts=2 sw=2 et ft=yaml:
diff --git a/tasks/install-postfix.fedora.yml b/tasks/install-postfix.fedora.yml
index 5a4b301918dee476c801b555799ccbafcb6d6a65..93980289bb53087c057a2d6f5dc09be1a7de1de8 100644
--- a/tasks/install-postfix.fedora.yml
+++ b/tasks/install-postfix.fedora.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 ---
 - name: Install Postfix and related packages
   dnf:
-    name: '{{ item }}'
+    name: '{{["postfix", "make"] + postfix__recommended_packages }}'
     state: present
-  with_items: '{{["postfix", "make"] + postfix__recommended_packages }}'
 ...
-# vi: set ts=2 sts=2 sw=2 et ft=yaml:
+# vi: set ts=2 sw=2 et ft=yaml: