diff --git a/precondition.go b/precondition.go
index babe250f..e22dc215 100644
--- a/precondition.go
+++ b/precondition.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import (
 var ErrPreconditionFailed = errors.New("task: precondition not met")
 
 func (e *Executor) areTaskPreconditionsMet(ctx context.Context, t *ast.Task) (bool, error) {
-	for _, p := range slices.Concat(e.Taskfile.Preconditions.Preconditions, t.Preconditions) {
+	for _, p := range slices.Concat(e.Taskfile.Preconditions.Values, t.Preconditions) {
 		err := execext.RunCommand(ctx, &execext.RunCommandOptions{
 			Command: p.Sh,
 			Dir:     t.Dir,
diff --git a/taskfile/ast/precondition.go b/taskfile/ast/precondition.go
index 69ca5f00..2a25396b 100644
--- a/taskfile/ast/precondition.go
+++ b/taskfile/ast/precondition.go
@@ -2,58 +2,18 @@ package ast
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"sync"
-
 	"github.com/go-task/task/v3/errors"
-	"github.com/go-task/task/v3/internal/deepcopy"
-
 	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 )
 
 // Precondition represents a precondition necessary for a task to run
 type (
-	Preconditions struct {
-		Preconditions []*Precondition
-		mutex         sync.RWMutex
-	}
-
 	Precondition struct {
 		Sh  string
 		Msg string
 	}
 )
 
-func NewPreconditions() *Preconditions {
-	return &Preconditions{
-		Preconditions: make([]*Precondition, 0),
-	}
-}
-
-func (p *Preconditions) DeepCopy() *Preconditions {
-	if p == nil {
-		return nil
-	}
-	defer p.mutex.RUnlock()
-	p.mutex.RLock()
-	return &Preconditions{
-		Preconditions: deepcopy.Slice(p.Preconditions),
-	}
-}
-
-func (p *Preconditions) Merge(other *Preconditions) {
-	if p == nil || p.Preconditions == nil || other == nil {
-		return
-	}
-
-	p.mutex.Lock()
-	defer p.mutex.Unlock()
-
-	other.mutex.RLock()
-	defer other.mutex.RUnlock()
-
-	p.Preconditions = append(p.Preconditions, deepcopy.Slice(other.Preconditions)...)
-}
-
 func (p *Precondition) DeepCopy() *Precondition {
 	if p == nil {
 		return nil
@@ -95,15 +55,3 @@ func (p *Precondition) UnmarshalYAML(node *yaml.Node) error {
 
 	return errors.NewTaskfileDecodeError(nil, node).WithTypeMessage("precondition")
 }
-
-func (p *Preconditions) UnmarshalYAML(node *yaml.Node) error {
-	if p == nil || p.Preconditions == nil {
-		*p = *NewPreconditions()
-	}
-
-	if err := node.Decode(&p.Preconditions); err != nil {
-		return errors.NewTaskfileDecodeError(err, node).WithTypeMessage("preconditions")
-	}
-
-	return nil
-}
diff --git a/taskfile/ast/preconditions.go b/taskfile/ast/preconditions.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5afa0412
--- /dev/null
+++ b/taskfile/ast/preconditions.go
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+package ast
+
+import (
+	"sync"
+
+	"github.com/go-task/task/v3/errors"
+	"github.com/go-task/task/v3/internal/deepcopy"
+
+	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
+)
+
+// Precondition represents a precondition necessary for a task to run
+type (
+	Preconditions struct {
+		Values []*Precondition
+		mutex  sync.RWMutex
+	}
+)
+
+func NewPreconditions() *Preconditions {
+	return &Preconditions{
+		Values: make([]*Precondition, 0),
+	}
+}
+
+func (p *Preconditions) DeepCopy() *Preconditions {
+	if p == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	defer p.mutex.RUnlock()
+	p.mutex.RLock()
+	return &Preconditions{
+		Values: deepcopy.Slice(p.Values),
+	}
+}
+
+func (p *Preconditions) Merge(other *Preconditions) {
+	if p == nil || p.Values == nil || other == nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	p.mutex.Lock()
+	defer p.mutex.Unlock()
+
+	other.mutex.RLock()
+	defer other.mutex.RUnlock()
+
+	p.Values = append(p.Values, deepcopy.Slice(other.Values)...)
+}
+
+func (p *Preconditions) UnmarshalYAML(node *yaml.Node) error {
+	if p == nil || p.Values == nil {
+		*p = *NewPreconditions()
+	}
+
+	if err := node.Decode(&p.Values); err != nil {
+		return errors.NewTaskfileDecodeError(err, node).WithTypeMessage("preconditions")
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}