diff --git a/ubuntu-deb-general/tasks/packages.yml b/ubuntu-deb-general/tasks/packages.yml
index c50d18a8..dc7ca2c9 100644
--- a/ubuntu-deb-general/tasks/packages.yml
+++ b/ubuntu-deb-general/tasks/packages.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 - name: Install software-properties-common if needed
   apt: pkg=software-properties-common state=installed
-  when: is_quantal
+  when: is_ubuntu
   tags: packages
 
 - name: Default the backports repository on debian 6