diff --git a/inventories/group_vars/all.yml b/inventories/group_vars/all.yml
index 6eaa81a..615b73f 100644
--- a/inventories/group_vars/all.yml
+++ b/inventories/group_vars/all.yml
@@ -30,3 +30,6 @@ base_packages:
   - btop
   - ncdu
   - debconf-utils
+locales_present:
+  - en_US.UTF-8
+  - es_ES.UTF-8
diff --git a/roles/debian-base/tasks/locale.yml b/roles/debian-base/tasks/locale.yml
index 788b79d..9063486 100644
--- a/roles/debian-base/tasks/locale.yml
+++ b/roles/debian-base/tasks/locale.yml
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
-- name: Configure debconf for locales
-  debconf:
-    name: locales
-    question: "{{ item.question }}"
-    value: "{{ item.value }}"
-    vtype: "{{ item.vtype }}"
-  loop:
-    - { question: "locales/locales_to_be_generated", value: "en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8, es_ES.UTF-8 UTF-8", vtype: "multiselect" }
-    - { question: "locales/default_environment_locales", value: "en_US.UTF-8", vtype: "string" }
+- name: make sure locales in variable are generated
+  locale_gen:
+    name: "{{ item }}"
+    state: present
+  with_items: "{{ locales_present }}"
   notify: generate locales