diff --git a/utils/ansible-ipa-client-install b/utils/ansible-ipa-client-install
index f074e1662b19f74b2c30e08fc3fc17c5989d0e78..8ebfa3a2ed6ebe7a799ea4aa4bca34d383b772ab 100755
--- a/utils/ansible-ipa-client-install
+++ b/utils/ansible-ipa-client-install
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python3
+#!/usr/bin/python
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
 # Authors:
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ def main(options, args):
             f.write("ipaclient_allow_repair=%s\n" %
                     options.ipaclient_allow_repair)
         if options.ipaclient_install_packages:
-            f.write("ipaclient_install-packages=%s\n" %
+            f.write("ipaclient_install_packages=%s\n" %
                     options.ipaclient_install_packages)
 
     if options.uninstall:
diff --git a/utils/ansible-ipa-replica-install b/utils/ansible-ipa-replica-install
index 5c8eab4999a5fbab949b257e267ff6d077fc9449..1d1312531ad68ce2b1cf86a90bb3e40810e67d0c 100755
--- a/utils/ansible-ipa-replica-install
+++ b/utils/ansible-ipa-replica-install
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python3
+#!/usr/bin/python
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
 # Authors:
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ def main(options, args):
                     options.secondary_rid_base)
         # ansible
         if options.ipareplica_install_packages:
-            f.write("ipareplica_install-packages=%s\n" %
+            f.write("ipareplica_install_packages=%s\n" %
                     options.ipareplica_install_packages)
         if options.ipareplica_setup_firewalld:
             f.write("ipareplica_setup_firewalld=%s\n" %
diff --git a/utils/ansible-ipa-server-install b/utils/ansible-ipa-server-install
index 299adebd11b3134fb16aa2db361b4ed415d5a4e4..e1ab3d4ddbd45409efe643af2b7b242d0ea12bbb 100755
--- a/utils/ansible-ipa-server-install
+++ b/utils/ansible-ipa-server-install
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python3
+#!/usr/bin/python
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
 # Authors:
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ def main(options, args):
             f.write("ipaserver_ignore_last_of_role=yes\n")
         # ansible
         if options.ipaserver_install_packages:
-            f.write("ipaserver_install-packages=%s\n" %
+            f.write("ipaserver_install_packages=%s\n" %
                     options.ipaserver_install_packages)
         if options.ipaserver_setup_firewalld:
             f.write("ipaserver_setup_firewalld=%s\n" %