diff --git a/roles/mote/tasks/main.yml b/roles/mote/tasks/main.yml
index ae617d44f2..231775987a 100644
--- a/roles/mote/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/mote/tasks/main.yml
@@ -31,11 +31,6 @@
   tags:
   - mote
 
-- name: allow apache to run team sync script
-  file: path=/srv/web/meetbot/teams state=directory recurse=yes owner=apache group=apache mode=0755
-  tags:
-  - mote
-
 - name: start mote-updater service
   service: name=mote-updater state=started enabled=yes
   tags:
diff --git a/roles/supybot/tasks/main.yml b/roles/supybot/tasks/main.yml
index f71b006bc9..7b8b994021 100644
--- a/roles/supybot/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/supybot/tasks/main.yml
@@ -19,10 +19,13 @@
   - /var/lib/zodbot/logs
   - /srv/web
   - /srv/web/meetbot
-  - /srv/web/meetbot/teams
   when: env != "staging"
   tags: supybot
 
+- name: create teams directory
+  file: path=/srv/web/meetbot/teams state=directory recurse=yes owner=apache group=apache mode=0755
+  tags: supybot
+
 - name: creating usrabot log dir
   file: path={{ item }} state=directory owner=daemon
   with_items:
@@ -32,7 +35,6 @@
   - /var/lib/ursabot/logs
   - /srv/web
   - /srv/web/meetbot
-  - /srv/web/meetbot/teams
   when: env == "staging"
   tags: supybot