diff --git a/playbooks/manual/ocp4-place-ignitionfiles.yml b/playbooks/manual/ocp4-place-ignitionfiles.yml
index 2b205bd218..e53791bcd9 100644
--- a/playbooks/manual/ocp4-place-ignitionfiles.yml
+++ b/playbooks/manual/ocp4-place-ignitionfiles.yml
@@ -51,13 +51,12 @@
             mode: 0755
             url: "https://mirror.openshift.com/pub/openshift-v4/dependencies/rhcos/latest/{{ rhcos_version }}/{{ item }}"
           run_once: True
+          ignore_errors: True
           with_items:
             - "rhcos-{{ rhcos_version }}-x86_64-live-initramfs.x86_64.img"
             - "rhcos-{{ rhcos_version }}-x86_64-live-rootfs.x86_64.img"
             - "rhcos-{{ rhcos_version }}-x86_64-metal.x86_64.raw.gz"
             - "rhcos-{{ rhcos_version }}-x86_64-live-kernel-x86_64"
-          tags:
-            - download
         - name: == OCP KVM provisioning == Ensuring symlink for correct version {{ rhcos_version }}
           file:
             state: link
@@ -74,11 +73,10 @@
         mode: 0755
         url: "https://mirror.openshift.com/pub/openshift-v4/dependencies/rhcos/latest/{{ rhcos_version }}/{{ item }}"
       run_once: True
+      ignore_errors: True
       with_items:
         - "rhcos-{{ rhcos_version }}-x86_64-live-kernel-x86_64"
       delegate_to: 127.0.0.1
-      tags:
-        - download
 
     - name: == Hardware provisioning == Generating the tftp configuration boot file
       template: