diff --git a/roles/mediawiki/tasks/install.yml b/roles/mediawiki/tasks/install.yml
index e217e7e37..663e703fe 100644
--- a/roles/mediawiki/tasks/install.yml
+++ b/roles/mediawiki/tasks/install.yml
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
-- name: Install packages required by MediaWiki
+- name: Install packages php{{ php_version }}-intl and php{{ php_version }}-mbstring
   package:
-    name: "{{ item }}"
+    name:
+      - "php{{ php_version }}-intl"
+      - "php{{ php_version }}-mbstring"
     state: present
-  with_items:
-    - "php{{ php_version }}-intl"
-    - "php{{ php_version }}-mbstring"
   #tags:
   #  - download
 
@@ -15,7 +14,6 @@
     timeout: "{{ download_timeout }}"
     #force: yes
     #backup: yes
-  #register: mediawiki_download_output
   when: internet_available
 
 - name: Unpack it to permanent location {{ mediawiki_abs_path }}