diff --git a/roles/copr/dist_git/tasks/main.yml b/roles/copr/dist_git/tasks/main.yml
index e95bd35960..87363f8f56 100644
--- a/roles/copr/dist_git/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/copr/dist_git/tasks/main.yml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
   - /var/log/copr-dist-git
 
 - name: make sure directories are owned by copr-service:packager user
-  file: path=/var/lib/dist-git/git owner=copr-service group=packager recurse=yes
+  file: path=/var/lib/dist-git/git owner=copr-service group=packager
 
 # set ssh key, so that copr-service could access gitolite
 - name: read pub key into var