diff --git a/tasks/transient_cloud.yml b/tasks/transient_cloud.yml
index ddb295e155..89ebc9b400 100644
--- a/tasks/transient_cloud.yml
+++ b/tasks/transient_cloud.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 - name: spin it up
-  local_action: ec2 keypair=${keypair} image=${image} type=${instance_type} wait=true group=${security_group} ec2_access_key=$transient_access_key ec2_secret+key=$transient_secret_key ec2_url=$os_ec2_url
+  local_action: ec2 keypair=${keypair} image=${image} type=${instance_type} wait=true group=${security_group} ec2_access_key=$transient_access_key ec2_secret_key=$transient_secret_key ec2_url=$os_ec2_url
   register: inst_res
 
 - name: add it to the special group