diff --git a/test/integration/roles/setup_ec2/tasks/main.yml b/test/integration/roles/setup_ec2/tasks/main.yml
index a41ce0963e..0f71677753 100644
--- a/test/integration/roles/setup_ec2/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/test/integration/roles/setup_ec2/tasks/main.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 # along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 - name: generate random string
-  command: '{{ ansible_python.executable }} -c "import string,random; print ''.join(random.choice(string.ascii_lowercase) for _ in range(8));"'
+  command: '{{ ansible_python.executable }} -c "import string,random; print str().join(random.choice(string.ascii_lowercase) for _ in range(8));"'
   register: random_string
   tags:
     - prepare