diff --git a/roles/fedimg/files/clean-amis.py b/roles/fedimg/files/clean-amis.py
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
diff --git a/roles/fedimg/tasks/main.yml b/roles/fedimg/tasks/main.yml
index 0b40a50546..42f4c0f8fe 100644
--- a/roles/fedimg/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/fedimg/tasks/main.yml
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
   - fedimg
 
 - name: copy the releng script to purge ami to test
-  file: >
+  copy: >
     src=clean-amis.py dest=/usr/local/bin/clean-amis.py
     owner=fedmsg group=fedmsg mode=0700
   tags: