diff --git a/roles/openqa/server/tasks/main.yml b/roles/openqa/server/tasks/main.yml
index 2776a0c7e1..51ac6aa59d 100644
--- a/roles/openqa/server/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/openqa/server/tasks/main.yml
@@ -66,9 +66,8 @@
     repo: https://bitbucket.org/rajcze/openqa_fedora
     dest: /var/lib/openqa/share/tests/fedora
   register: gittests
-
-- name: Have tests owned by geekotest
-  file: path=/var/lib/openqa/share/tests/fedora owner=geekotest recurse=yes
+  sudo: true
+  sudo_user: geekotest
 
 - name: Check out openqa_fedora_tools
   git: