diff --git a/vars/default_vars.yml b/vars/default_vars.yml
index 4a9abdb0a..534c44329 100644
--- a/vars/default_vars.yml
+++ b/vars/default_vars.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ doc_base: "{{ content_base }}/www"
 doc_root: "{{ doc_base }}/html"
 
 # Python 3 dist path
-py3_dist_path = /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages
+py3_dist_path:/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages
 
 # Ansible's default timeout for "get_url:" downloads (10 seconds) often fails
 download_timeout: 200