diff --git a/playbooks/groups/copr-pulp.yml b/playbooks/groups/copr-pulp.yml
index 19721be456..f49633ea7f 100644
--- a/playbooks/groups/copr-pulp.yml
+++ b/playbooks/groups/copr-pulp.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 
   - import_tasks: "{{ tasks_path }}/aws_cloud.yml"
     when: datacenter == 'aws'
+    vars:
+      temporary_remote_user: ec2-user
 
   # TODO Remove in favor of base/tasks/main.yml
   - name: install platform-python
diff --git a/tasks/aws_cloud.yml b/tasks/aws_cloud.yml
index 271e9475f2..8427cf3fc3 100644
--- a/tasks/aws_cloud.yml
+++ b/tasks/aws_cloud.yml
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
     path: /etc/cloud/cloud.cfg
     regexp: '^disable_root:'
     line: 'disable_root: 0'
-  remote_user: fedora
+  remote_user: "{{ temporary_remote_user if temporary_remote_user is defined else 'fedora' }}"
   become: true
   become_user: root
   when: birthday is defined
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
     regexp: '.*Please login as the user.* ssh-rsa '
     replace: 'ssh-rsa '
     backup: yes
-  remote_user: fedora
+  remote_user: "{{ temporary_remote_user if temporary_remote_user is defined else 'fedora' }}"
   become: true
   become_user: root
   when: birthday is defined