diff --git a/roles/httpd/tasks/main.yml b/roles/httpd/tasks/main.yml
index 67e6984a1..0cc6889f1 100644
--- a/roles/httpd/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/httpd/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,15 +1,10 @@
 - name: Install Apache's required packages (debian)
   package:
-    name: "{{ item }}"
+    name: [u'apache2', u'php{{ php_version }}', u'php{{ php_version }}-curl']
     state: present
-  with_items:
-    - apache2
-    - php{{ php_version }}
-    - php{{ php_version }}-curl
-    #- php{{ php_version }}-sqlite
+  when: is_debian
   tags:
     - download
-  when: is_debian
 
 - name: Debian changed SQLite name (debian-8)
   package:
@@ -23,14 +18,11 @@
 
 - name: Install Apache's required packages (ubuntu)
   package:
-    name: "{{ item }}"
+    name: [u'apache2', u'php']
     state: present
-  with_items:
-    - apache2
-    - php
+  when: is_ubuntu
   tags:
     - download
-  when: is_ubuntu
 
 - name: SQLite3 no longer included in another package (ubuntu-18)
   package:
@@ -39,17 +31,11 @@
 
 - name: Install Apache's required packages (redhat)
   package:
-    name: "{{ item }}"
+    name: [u'httpd', u'php', u'php-curl', u'mod_authnz_external']
     state: present
-  with_items:
-    - httpd
-    - php
-    - php-curl
-    - mod_authnz_external
-#    - php-sqlite
+  when: is_redhat
   tags:
     - download
-  when: is_redhat
 
 # MOVED DOWN ~58 LINES
 #- name: Remove the default apache2 config file (debuntu)