diff --git a/roles/copr/backend/tasks/main.yml b/roles/copr/backend/tasks/main.yml
index b2aa7fcaf4..0142aa0667 100644
--- a/roles/copr/backend/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/copr/backend/tasks/main.yml
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
   - provision_config
 
 - name: testing fixture
-  file: path="/home/copr/cloud/ec2rc.variable" state="touch"
+  copy: dest="/home/copr/cloud/ec2rc.variable" content=""
   when: devel
 
 - name: copy copr-be.conf