diff --git a/ansible.cfg b/ansible.cfg
index e28ce32d7..48a3ff01b 100644
--- a/ansible.cfg
+++ b/ansible.cfg
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [ssh_connection]
 pipelining=True
-ansible_ssh_args = -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=30m -o ConnectionAttempts=100 -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null
+ssh_args = -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=30m -o ConnectionAttempts=100 -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null
 #control_path = ~/.ssh/ansible-%%r@%%h:%%p
 [defaults]
 # https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/56930 (to ignore group names with - and .)