diff --git a/files/scripts/fix-home-fedora-ownerships.sh b/files/scripts/fix-home-fedora-ownerships.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..ff84c85e37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/files/scripts/fix-home-fedora-ownerships.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+for dname in */; do
+  dname="${dname%%/}"
+  downer="$(stat --format %U "$dname")"
+  # skip directories owned by root
+  if [ "$downer" = "root" ]; then
+    continue
+  fi
+  # verify that the directory actually is the home directory of the same-named user
+  IFS=":" read -r _ _ _ _ _ homedir _ < <(getent passwd "$dname")
+  if [ "$homedir" != "/home/fedora/$dname" ]; then
+    continue
+  fi
+  echo "fixing ownership: $dname"
+  chown -R "$dname:" "$dname"
+done
diff --git a/playbooks/manual/noggin-deployment/fix-home-fedora-ownerships.yml b/playbooks/manual/noggin-deployment/fix-home-fedora-ownerships.yml
index 55e704cb66..8f9eae765c 100644
--- a/playbooks/manual/noggin-deployment/fix-home-fedora-ownerships.yml
+++ b/playbooks/manual/noggin-deployment/fix-home-fedora-ownerships.yml
@@ -15,26 +15,24 @@
       follow: yes
     register: home_fedora_res
 
+  - name: Copy the script to the host
+    copy:
+      src: scripts/fix-home-fedora-ownerships.sh
+      dest: /usr/local/sbin/fix-home-fedora-ownerships.sh
+      mode: 0755
+    when: home_fedora_res.stat.isdir
+
   - name: Fix ownership of home directories in /home/fedora
     # assumes that directory name == user name
     shell:
       chdir: /home/fedora
-      # skip directories owned by root and verify that the directory actually is the home directory
-      # of the same-named user
-      cmd: >-
-        for dname in */; do
-          dname="${dname%%/}";
-          downer="$(stat --format %U "$dname")";
-          if [ "$downer" = "root" ]; then
-            continue
-          fi;
-          IFS=":" read -r _ _ _ _ _ homedir _ < <(getent passwd "$dname");
-          if [ "$homedir" != "/home/fedora/$dname" ]; then
-            continue
-          fi;
-          echo "fixing ownership: $dname";
-          chown -R "$dname:" "$dname";
-        done
+      cmd: /usr/local/sbin/fix-home-fedora-ownerships.sh
     register: chown_res
     changed_when: "'fixing ownership:' in chown_res.stdout"
     when: home_fedora_res.stat.isdir
+
+  - name: Delete the script from the host
+    file:
+      path: /usr/local/sbin/fix-home-fedora-ownerships.sh
+      state: absent
+    when: home_fedora_res.stat.isdir