diff --git a/roles/container-engine/cri-o/tasks/cleanup.yaml b/roles/container-engine/cri-o/tasks/cleanup.yaml
index 78177aa992f..1675a5b2fad 100644
--- a/roles/container-engine/cri-o/tasks/cleanup.yaml
+++ b/roles/container-engine/cri-o/tasks/cleanup.yaml
@@ -121,7 +121,5 @@
 
 - name: CRI-O | Remove CRI-O package configuration files
   file:
-    name: "{{ item }}"
+    name: /etc/crio/crio.conf.d/01-crio-runc.conf
     state: absent
-  loop:
-    - /etc/crio/crio.conf.d/01-crio-runc.conf
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