diff --git a/roles/bodhi2/backend/tasks/main.yml b/roles/bodhi2/backend/tasks/main.yml
index 15e288308a..1a135ce1cf 100644
--- a/roles/bodhi2/backend/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/bodhi2/backend/tasks/main.yml
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@
 
 - name: bodhi-approve-testing cron job.
   cron: name="bodhi-approve-testing" hour="*/6" minute=0 user="apache"
-        job="/usr/bin/bodhi-approve-testing /etc/bodhi/production.ini 2> /dev/null"
+        job="/usr/bin/bodhi-approve-testing /etc/bodhi/production.ini > /dev/null"
         cron_file=bodhi-approve-testing-job
   when: inventory_hostname.startswith('bodhi-backend02') and env == "production"
   tags: