diff --git a/roles/float-base/tasks/apt.yml b/roles/float-base/tasks/apt.yml
index 901c7f3d14e42d3aad54fb83380e7a341e344858..7923add755781d6ddcccab6b8a2e4b3d72fc194e 100644
--- a/roles/float-base/tasks/apt.yml
+++ b/roles/float-base/tasks/apt.yml
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@
 - set_fact:
     ssh_packages:
       - ssh-key-wtmp
-  when: "enable_ssh"
+  when: "enable_ssh and float_debian_dist != 'bullseye'"
 
 - set_fact:
     extra_packages: