diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index 57103b3784dab3f0dc878927a75ab03d1356d818..c8174cf69f16ed0973cbd709a9dccdd3e90ac010 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -49,6 +49,6 @@
     path: /usr/bin/vim.basic
 
 - name: remove /etc/apt/sources.list
-  file:
-    path: /etc/apt/sources.list
-    state: absent
+  copy:
+    dest: /etc/apt/sources.list
+    content: "# managed by ansible\n"