diff --git a/recipes/default.rb b/recipes/default.rb
index adb1dde8e5193110c70afe181f75196bf6ba2615..f0c12e71349c4bdf61475ed691e95c1adf608177 100644
--- a/recipes/default.rb
+++ b/recipes/default.rb
@@ -343,9 +343,10 @@ end
 
 node['typo3_site']['sync_directories'].each do |sync_data|
 	# don't fix this. This must look exactly like this! Foodcritic is not correct here!
-	ssh_known_hosts_entry sync_data['hostname'] do
-		port sync_data['port']
-		only_if { sync_data['hostname'] }
+	if sync_data['hostname']
+		ssh_known_hosts_entry sync_data['hostname'] do
+			port sync_data['port']
+		end
 	end
 
 	bash "Synchronize #{sync_data['local']}" do