diff --git a/shared/templates/sysctl/ansible.template b/shared/templates/sysctl/ansible.template
index 384f7bc7c8d8..cf9348942b20 100644
--- a/shared/templates/sysctl/ansible.template
+++ b/shared/templates/sysctl/ansible.template
@@ -5,12 +5,7 @@
 # disruption = medium
 
 {{#- sysctl quirks -#}}
-{{%- set setsysctlvar_rx -%}}
-^[ \t]*-?[ \t]*{{{
-    SYSCTLVAR | escape_regex_sq |
-    replace('[.]', '[./]') | replace('[/]', '[./]')
-    }}}[ \t]*=
-{{%- endset %}}
+{{%- set setsysctlvar_rx = '^[ \t]*-?[ \t]*' ~ SYSCTLVAR | escape_regex_sq | replace('[.]', '[./]') | replace('[/]', '[./]') ~ '[ \t]*=' %}}
 - name: List /etc/sysctl.d/*.conf files
   ansible.builtin.find:
     paths: {{{ ansible_sysctl_set_config_directories() }}}