diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index 6446bc7..561d5fa 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     name: parallel
     state: absent
     purge: true
-  when: gnu_parallel_remove_distro_version
+  when: gnu_parallel_remove_distro_version | bool
   tags:
     - configuration
     - gnu-parallel