diff --git a/playbooks/include/deploy-kvm-guest.yml b/playbooks/include/deploy-kvm-guest.yml
index 2e528b5..94cc48e 100644
--- a/playbooks/include/deploy-kvm-guest.yml
+++ b/playbooks/include/deploy-kvm-guest.yml
@@ -103,14 +103,13 @@
 
     - name: wait for install to finish
       virt:
-        uri: "{{ vmhost_uri }}"
         name: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
         command: status
       register: vmstatus
       until: vmstatus.status == "shutdown"
       retries: 1000
       delay: 20
-      delegate_to: localhost
+      delegate_to: "{{ vmhost }}"
       when: inventory_hostname not in result.list_vms
 
     - name: clean tempdir
@@ -122,10 +121,9 @@
 
     - name: start vm
       virt:
-        uri: "{{ vmhost_uri }}"
         name: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
         command: start
-      delegate_to: localhost
+      delegate_to: "{{ vmhost }}"
       when: inventory_hostname not in result.list_vms
 
     - name: wait for ssh to start