diff --git a/roles/osbs-secret/tasks/main.yml b/roles/osbs-secret/tasks/main.yml
index c1428406bd..fa9817acc4 100644
--- a/roles/osbs-secret/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/osbs-secret/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,34 +1,17 @@
 ---
-- set_fact:
-    osbs_secret_files_exist: true
-  tags:
-  - oc
-
-- set_fact:
-    osbs_secret_files_exist: false
-  when: lookup('file', lookup('first_found', [item.source, '/dev/null'])) == ''
+- name: place osbs_secret_files if they do not exist
+  copy:
+    src: "{{item.source}}"
+    dest: "{{item.dest}}"
   with_items: "{{ osbs_secret_files }}"
   tags:
   - oc
 
-- fail:
-    msg: Some of the source secret files do not exist (and osbs_secret_can_fail is false)
-  when: not (osbs_secret_files_exist or osbs_secret_can_fail)
-  tags:
-  - oc
-
-- debug:
-    msg: Some of the source secret files do not exist, skipping import
-  when: not osbs_secret_files_exist
-  tags:
-  - oc
-
 - name: create secrets resource file
   template:
     src: openshift-secret.yml.j2
     dest: "{{ osbs_secret_remote_dir }}/openshift-secret-{{ inventory_hostname }}-{{ osbs_namespace }}-{{ osbs_secret_name }}.yml"
     mode: "0600"
-  when: osbs_secret_files_exist
   notify:
   - import osbs secret
   - delete secret resource file