diff --git a/playbooks/roles/logrotate/tasks/main.yaml b/playbooks/roles/logrotate/tasks/main.yaml
index 5059f838e5..28376ae342 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/logrotate/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/logrotate/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 - name: Clear out potentially confusing config files
   file:
     state: absent
-    path: '{{ _old_logrotate_generated_config_file_name }}'
+    path: '/etc/logrotate.d/{{ _old_logrotate_generated_config_file_name }}'
 
 - name: 'Install {{ logrotate_file_name }} rotatation config file'
   template: