diff --git a/deploy/venv.sls b/deploy/venv.sls
index 36615ffbbc6995fce265bff2e7f4aaf2fd6f0dc2..fe85dfbf9a9a70a87d5f789c2157e2bc71154256 100644
--- a/deploy/venv.sls
+++ b/deploy/venv.sls
@@ -7,7 +7,10 @@ deploy_venv_pkgs:
   pkg.installed:
     - pkgs: ['python3', 'virtualenv', 'python3-pip']
 
-{% set group_members = list(deploy.projects.keys()) %}
+{% set group_members = [] %}
+{% for k, v in deploy.projects.keys() %}
+{% do group_members.append(k) %}
+{% endfor %}
 deploy_provision_virtualenv_group_with_members:
   group.present:
     - name: virtualenv