diff --git a/tasks/setup.yml b/tasks/setup.yml
index f8033d5..56f6f8c 100644
--- a/tasks/setup.yml
+++ b/tasks/setup.yml
@@ -25,10 +25,9 @@
 
     - name: Write SSH private key
       copy:
-        content: "{{ item }}"
+        content: "{{ inst.sshkey | default(droneci_autoscaler_sshkey) }}"
         dest: "{{ __droneci_autoscaler_workdir }}/ssh_key"
         mode: 0600
-      loop: "{{ inst.ssh_key | default(droneci_autoscaler_sshkey) }}"
       when: __droneci_autoscaler_sshkey
       no_log: True