diff --git a/playbooks/hosts/lists-dev.cloud.fedoraproject.org.yml b/playbooks/hosts/lists-dev.cloud.fedoraproject.org.yml
index ecf74c7b41..2a0c5774ed 100644
--- a/playbooks/hosts/lists-dev.cloud.fedoraproject.org.yml
+++ b/playbooks/hosts/lists-dev.cloud.fedoraproject.org.yml
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@
   #            owner=root group=root mode=0600
 
   - name: send root mail to abompard
-    lineinfile: dest=/etc/aliases regexp='^root:' line="root:\tabompard@fedoraproject.org"
+    lineinfile: dest=/etc/aliases regexp='^root:' line="root:abompard@fedoraproject.org"
     notify:
     - reload aliases