diff --git a/tasks/prune.yml b/tasks/prune.yml
index 56e4e7fc9a7a52b736c0b705c5805e019a80941f..1c9f8045bd723ed68aca85bf446e3590523c5ade 100644
--- a/tasks/prune.yml
+++ b/tasks/prune.yml
@@ -10,9 +10,13 @@
   command: whoami
   register: users_whoami
 
+- name: Get the nobody uid
+  command: id -u nobody
+  register: users_nobody_uid
+
 - name: Prune users
-  with_items: '{{ getent_passwd|difference(users_unique_names) }}'
-  when: getent_passwd[item][2]|int > 999 and getent_passwd[item][2]|int != 65534 and item != users_whoami.stdout.strip()
+  with_items: '{{ getent_passwd|difference(users_unique_names)|difference(["nobody", users_whoami.stdout.strip()]) }}'
+  when: getent_passwd[item][2]|int > 999 and getent_passwd[item][2] != users_nobody_uid.stdout.strip() # Actual, non-system users.
   user:
       name: '{{ item }}'
       state: absent