diff --git a/playbooks/legacy/nodepool-provider/pre.yaml b/playbooks/legacy/nodepool-provider/pre.yaml
index 2c1eda4c..767980f6 100644
--- a/playbooks/legacy/nodepool-provider/pre.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/legacy/nodepool-provider/pre.yaml
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@
         msg: |
           The /etc/nodepool/provider file no longer exists and is being created
           for backwards compatibility purposes. The variables provided by this
-          file are now available through Ansible under hostvars['nodepool'].
+          file are now available through Ansible under hostvars[$HOST]['nodepool'].
 
     - name: Create /etc/nodepool/provider file
       copy:
         content: |
-          NODEPOOL_PROVIDER={{ hostvars['nodepool']['provider'] }}
-          NODEPOOL_CLOUD={{ hostvars['nodepool']['cloud'] }}
-          NODEPOOL_REGION={{ hostvars['nodepool']['region'] }}
-          NODEPOOL_AZ={{ hostvars['nodepool']['az'] }}
+          NODEPOOL_PROVIDER={{ nodepool.provider }}
+          NODEPOOL_CLOUD={{ nodepool.cloud }}
+          NODEPOOL_REGION={{ nodepool.region }}
+          NODEPOOL_AZ={{ nodepool.az }}
         dest: /etc/nodepool/provider