diff --git a/roles/wordpress/tasks/install.yml b/roles/wordpress/tasks/install.yml
index fb56f886b..a22710438 100644
--- a/roles/wordpress/tasks/install.yml
+++ b/roles/wordpress/tasks/install.yml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 
 - name: Delete {{ downloads_dir }}/wordpress.tar.gz if it exists
   file:
-    path: "{{ downloads_dir }}"/wordpress.tar.gz
+    path: "{{ downloads_dir }}/wordpress.tar.gz"
     state: absent
 
 - name: Download {{ wordpress_download_base_url }}/{{ wordpress_src }} to {{ downloads_dir }}/wordpress.tar.gz