diff --git a/tasks/snap/snap_daemon.yaml b/tasks/snap/snap_daemon.yaml
index 1d0a172..082aeac 100644
--- a/tasks/snap/snap_daemon.yaml
+++ b/tasks/snap/snap_daemon.yaml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 - name: "manage snapd"
   tags: "snap"
   block:
+
     # set defaults
     - name: "set facts"
       ansible.builtin.set_fact:
@@ -14,7 +15,7 @@
       ansible.builtin.apt:
         name: "snapd"
         state: "absent"
-        purge: "yes"
+        purge: true
       when: "not __snapd_service"
 
     # install snapd
diff --git a/tasks/sysctl.yaml b/tasks/sysctl.yaml
index 6a3586f..d856592 100644
--- a/tasks/sysctl.yaml
+++ b/tasks/sysctl.yaml
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@
   ansible.posix.sysctl:
     name: "{{ __sysctl['name'] }}"
     value: "{{ __sysctl['value'] }}"
-    sysctl_set: "yes"
+    sysctl_set: true
   tags: "sysctl"
diff --git a/tasks/user.yaml b/tasks/user.yaml
index 30f1301..c9edef4 100644
--- a/tasks/user.yaml
+++ b/tasks/user.yaml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
       ansible.builtin.user:
         name: "{{ __user['username'] }}"
         state: "absent"
-        remove: "yes"
+        remove: true
       when: "user_state == 'absent'"
 
     # manage sudoers file