diff --git a/roles/1-prep/tasks/internal-wifi.yml b/roles/1-prep/tasks/internal-wifi.yml
index 24422d36b..2751dfd13 100644
--- a/roles/1-prep/tasks/internal-wifi.yml
+++ b/roles/1-prep/tasks/internal-wifi.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 - name: Look for any wireless devices present
-  shell: "ls -la /sys/class/net/*/phy80211 | cut -d/ -f5"
+  shell: ls -la /sys/class/net/*/phy80211 | cut -d/ -f5
   register: has_wifi_device
   ignore_errors: True
   changed_when: False
@@ -7,9 +7,7 @@
 - name: Set internal_wifi, if found
   set_fact:
     internal_wifi: True
-  when: has_wifi_device.stdout is defined and item|trim != ""
-  with_items:
-    - "{{ has_wifi_device.stdout_lines }}"
+  when: has_wifi_device is defined and has_wifi_device.stdout | trim != ""
 
 # 2021-07-27 explanation from @jvonau: The 3 BELOW (iw, rfkill, wireless-tools)
 # are provided by RasPiOS.  Ubuntu|Debian on the other hand are hit or miss: