diff --git a/roles/ask/tasks/main.yml b/roles/ask/tasks/main.yml
index 0fb50820c0..f7eab81877 100644
--- a/roles/ask/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/ask/tasks/main.yml
@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@
   - packages
 
 - name: Create theme directory
-  file: path=/usr/share/askbot/skins state=directory recurse=yes
-        owner=apache group=apache
+  file: path=/usr/share/askbot/skins state=directory
   tags:
   - ask
   when: env == "staging"