diff --git a/roles/distgit/pagure/tasks/main.yml b/roles/distgit/pagure/tasks/main.yml
index 40b82e4b17..45ec4ebcf0 100644
--- a/roles/distgit/pagure/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/distgit/pagure/tasks/main.yml
@@ -241,7 +241,6 @@
     permissions: "rx"
     name: /srv/git
     state: present
-    recursive: yes
   register: acl_updates
   tags:
   - pagure