diff --git a/playbooks/roles/system_crontab_coordination/tasks/main.yml b/playbooks/roles/system_crontab_coordination/tasks/main.yml
index a2d540d4b1..9ddf7fc584 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/system_crontab_coordination/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/system_crontab_coordination/tasks/main.yml
@@ -20,3 +20,5 @@
     owner: "root"
     group: "root"
     mode: "0644"
+  when:
+    - ansible_os_family == 'Debian'