diff --git a/roles/2-common/tasks/udev.yml b/roles/2-common/tasks/udev.yml
index 8bd5f7621..f377973fd 100644
--- a/roles/2-common/tasks/udev.yml
+++ b/roles/2-common/tasks/udev.yml
@@ -18,9 +18,12 @@
               state=present
   when: udev_unit.stat.exists is defined and udev_unit.stat.exists
 
+# ubuntu 16.04 comes with ansible 2.0.0.2 -- no systemd module
 - name: Ask systemd to recognize the changes
-  systemd: name=systemd-udevd 
-           daemon-reload=True
-           state=restarted
+  shell: systemctl daemon-reload
+  when: udev_unit.stat.exists is defined and udev_unit.stat.exists
+
+- name: restart so systemd recognizes the changes
+  shell: systemctl restart systemd-udevd.service
   when: udev_unit.stat.exists is defined and udev_unit.stat.exists