diff --git a/files/fedora-cloud/fed09-ssh-key.pub b/files/fedora-cloud/fed09-ssh-key.pub
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3885ced01f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/files/fedora-cloud/fed09-ssh-key.pub
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABAQCZAnj+U9s4Xn36DpQYOfAhW2Q1ZQqkKASvG3rJNsOCpRlvWGcmxrvjUr5mQ3ZMapEu0IaaQUq40JvP8iqJ1HIq4C8UXLBq9SFEfeNYh5qRqEpEn5CRcjrJPwFf6jLpr3bN+F98Vo3E/FMgJ3MzBsynZoT+A6d02oitoxV6DomDB7gXU08Pfz7oQYXBzAVe3+BP4IaeUWbjHDv57LGBa/Xfw5SKrgk+/IKXIGk2Rkxn7sShtHzkpkI4waNl4gqUzwsJ/Y+FJxpI1DvWxHuzlx1uOLupxYA9p+ejJo5sXGZtO2Ynx2NFEjIzqmBljaiy+wmDYvZz2JdIFwSAjPbaFjtF root@fed-cloud09.cloud.fedoraproject.org
diff --git a/playbooks/hosts/fed-cloud09.cloud.fedoraproject.org.yml b/playbooks/hosts/fed-cloud09.cloud.fedoraproject.org.yml
index f9ab8f1721..a8270f880f 100644
--- a/playbooks/hosts/fed-cloud09.cloud.fedoraproject.org.yml
+++ b/playbooks/hosts/fed-cloud09.cloud.fedoraproject.org.yml
@@ -251,8 +251,7 @@
       insertbefore="^}"
   # http://openstack.redhat.com/Quickstart
   - template: src={{ files }}/fedora-cloud/packstack-controller-answers.txt dest=/root/ owner=root mode=0600
-  - name: SSH authorized key for root user
-    authorized_key: user=root key="{{fed_cloud09_root_public_key}}"
+  - authorized_key: user=root key="{{ lookup('file', files + '/fedora-cloud/fed09-ssh-key.pub') }}"
   - command: packstack --answer-file=/root/packstack-controller-answers.txt
     when: packstack_sucessfully_finished.stat.exists == False
   - file: path=/etc/packstack_sucessfully_finished state=touch
diff --git a/roles/cloud_compute/tasks/main.yml b/roles/cloud_compute/tasks/main.yml
index d311e018bb..d61a6c5753 100644
--- a/roles/cloud_compute/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/cloud_compute/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 ---
 # Configure another compute node for Fedora Cloud
 
-- name: SSH authorized key for root user
-  authorized_key: user=root key="{{fed_cloud09_root_public_key}}"
+- authorized_key: user=root key="{{ lookup('file', 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"