diff --git a/scripts/ansible b/scripts/ansible
index d222a89d2..2e7875ea5 100755
--- a/scripts/ansible
+++ b/scripts/ansible
@@ -64,8 +64,7 @@ elif [ -f /etc/centos-release ]; then
 #elif [ -f /etc/debian_version ] || (grep -qi raspbian /etc/*elease) ; then
 #elif [ ! -f /etc/centos-release ] && [ ! -f /etc/fedora-release ] && [ ! -f /etc/olpc-release ]; then
 elif [ -f /etc/debian_version ]; then    # Includes Debian, Ubuntu & Raspbian
-    IS_U20=`cat /etc/os-release | grep UBUNTU_CODENAME= | awk -F "=" '{print $2}'`
-    if [ "$IS_20" != "focal" ]; then
+    if ! grep -q focal /etc/os-release; then
         echo -e "\napt update; install dirmngr; PPA to /etc/apt/sources.list.d/iiab-ansible.list\n"
         apt update
         apt -y install dirmngr