diff --git a/update/ansible/playbook/tasks/roles/sqlite-to-postgres/tasks/main.yml b/update/ansible/playbook/tasks/roles/sqlite-to-postgres/tasks/main.yml
index 5c12040c39..76a51febf6 100644
--- a/update/ansible/playbook/tasks/roles/sqlite-to-postgres/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/update/ansible/playbook/tasks/roles/sqlite-to-postgres/tasks/main.yml
@@ -23,9 +23,7 @@
     state: stopped
 
 - name: Drop grafana database from postgres EL7
-  postgresql_query:
-    db: postgres
-    query: DROP DATABASE grafana WITH (FORCE);
+  command: dropdb -f grafana -U postgres
   when:
     - ansible_distribution == "CentOS"
     - ansible_distribution_major_version == "7"