diff --git a/roles/copr/hypervisor/tasks/main.yml b/roles/copr/hypervisor/tasks/main.yml
index b0e0356ea8..88d3286407 100644
--- a/roles/copr/hypervisor/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/copr/hypervisor/tasks/main.yml
@@ -126,7 +126,6 @@
     src: "{{ private }}/files/copr/buildsys.priv"
     dest: /home/copr/.ssh/id_rsa
     owner: copr
-    group: copr
     mode: 0600
 
 - name: provide pub key, too, so we can install them to generated builder images