diff --git a/cloud/amazon/ec2_tag.py b/cloud/amazon/ec2_tag.py
index 7f5aa9ab4b5..071e65626f3 100644
--- a/cloud/amazon/ec2_tag.py
+++ b/cloud/amazon/ec2_tag.py
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ tasks:
       Env: production
     exact_count: 1
     group: "{{ security_group }}" 
-    keypair: ""{{ keypair }}" 
+    keypair: "{{ keypair }}" 
     image: "{{ image_id }}" 
     instance_tags:
       Name: dbserver