diff --git a/roles/cloud_compute/tasks/main.yml b/roles/cloud_compute/tasks/main.yml
index 2a631edaf6..dd9fb00c4a 100644
--- a/roles/cloud_compute/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/cloud_compute/tasks/main.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   handlers:
   - include: "{{ handlers }}/restart_services.yml"
 
-- authorized_key: user=root key="{{ lookup('file', files + '/fedora-cloud/fed09-ssh-key.pub') }}"
+- authorized_key: user=root key="{{ files }}/fedora-cloud/fed09-ssh-key.pub"
 - template: src={{ files }}/fedora-cloud/hosts dest=/etc/hosts owner=root mode=0644
 
 - lineinfile: dest=/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1 regexp="^ONBOOT=" line="ONBOOT=yes"