diff --git a/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/inventory b/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/inventory
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2fbb50c4a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/inventory
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+localhost
diff --git a/roles/copr/backend/tasks/main.yml b/roles/copr/backend/tasks/main.yml
index cf84d3e493..cc8c1144c0 100644
--- a/roles/copr/backend/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/copr/backend/tasks/main.yml
@@ -114,10 +114,7 @@
   - provision_config
 
 - name: put some files into the provision subdir
-  template: src="provision/{{ item }}" dest="/home/copr/provision/{{ item }}"
-  with_items:
-  - inventory
-  - nova_cloud_vars.yml
+  template: src="provision/nova_cloud_vars.yml" dest="/home/copr/provision/nova_cloud_vars.yml"
   tags:
   - provision_config