diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index 342965ed49350a8959863bd4b6ae6f7c4068fc4f..4478bd0f13f37ba056bde0f8b55a715a2470b737 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@
     owner: root
     group: root
     mode: '0644'
+  when: ansible_os_family == "Debian"
 
 - name: Check if backup servers present in root known hosts
   lineinfile: