diff --git a/roles/nvidia_gpu_exporter/tasks/preflight.yml b/roles/nvidia_gpu_exporter/tasks/preflight.yml
index bb83b54a..593dfe42 100644
--- a/roles/nvidia_gpu_exporter/tasks/preflight.yml
+++ b/roles/nvidia_gpu_exporter/tasks/preflight.yml
@@ -3,21 +3,13 @@
   ansible.builtin.include_role:
     name: prometheus.prometheus._common
     tasks_from: preflight.yml
-
-- name: Naive assertion of proper listen address
-  ansible.builtin.assert:
-    that:
-      - >-
-        [nvidia_gpu_exporter_web_listen_address] |
-          flatten |
-          reject('match', '.+:\\d+$') |
-          list |
-          length == 0
+  vars:
+    _common_web_listen_address: "{{ nvidia_gpu_exporter_web_listen_address }}"
 
 - name: Discover latest version
   ansible.builtin.set_fact:
-    nvidia_gpu_exporter_version: "{{ (lookup('url', 'https://api.github.com/repos/{{ _nvidia_gpu_exporter_repo }}/releases/latest', headers=_nvidia_gpu_exporter_github_api_headers,
-                            split_lines=False) | from_json).get('tag_name') | replace('v', '') }}"
+    nvidia_gpu_exporter_version: "{{ (lookup('url', 'https://api.github.com/repos/{{ _nvidia_gpu_exporter_repo }}/releases/latest',
+                                  headers=_nvidia_gpu_exporter_github_api_headers, split_lines=False) | from_json).get('tag_name') | replace('v', '') }}"
   run_once: true
   until: nvidia_gpu_exporter_version is version('0.0.0', '>=')
   retries: 10