diff --git a/roles/common/tasks/ansible.yml b/roles/common/tasks/ansible.yml
index e0bc6a3..1ed2043 100644
--- a/roles/common/tasks/ansible.yml
+++ b/roles/common/tasks/ansible.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 - name: create ansible user
   user: name=ansible password_lock=yes
 - name: configure ansible user home directory
-  file: path=/home/ansible owner=ansible group=ansible recurse=yes
+  file: path=/home/ansible owner=ansible group=ansible
 - name: configure ansible user keys
   authorized_key: user=ansible manage_dir=yes key={{ common_ansible_pubkey }}
 - name: configure ansible user sudo