diff --git a/ansible/roles/gnocchi/templates/gnocchi-api.json.j2 b/ansible/roles/gnocchi/templates/gnocchi-api.json.j2
index 0e7ce9baff..9fb1179d6c 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/gnocchi/templates/gnocchi-api.json.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/gnocchi/templates/gnocchi-api.json.j2
@@ -38,8 +38,7 @@
     "permissions": [
         {
             "path": "/var/lib/gnocchi",
-            "owner": "gnocchi:gnocchi",
-            "recurse": true
+            "owner": "gnocchi:gnocchi"
         },
         {
             "path": "/var/log/kolla/gnocchi",
diff --git a/ansible/roles/gnocchi/templates/gnocchi-metricd.json.j2 b/ansible/roles/gnocchi/templates/gnocchi-metricd.json.j2
index 6d97e2910b..fbbcd89a4a 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/gnocchi/templates/gnocchi-metricd.json.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/gnocchi/templates/gnocchi-metricd.json.j2
@@ -29,8 +29,7 @@
     "permissions": [
         {
             "path": "/var/lib/gnocchi",
-            "owner": "gnocchi:gnocchi",
-            "recurse": true
+            "owner": "gnocchi:gnocchi"
         },
         {
             "path": "/var/log/kolla/gnocchi",
diff --git a/ansible/roles/gnocchi/templates/gnocchi-statsd.json.j2 b/ansible/roles/gnocchi/templates/gnocchi-statsd.json.j2
index 9f76af78f1..9a9203dcfb 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/gnocchi/templates/gnocchi-statsd.json.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/gnocchi/templates/gnocchi-statsd.json.j2
@@ -29,8 +29,7 @@
     "permissions": [
         {
             "path": "/var/lib/gnocchi",
-            "owner": "gnocchi:gnocchi",
-            "recurse": true
+            "owner": "gnocchi:gnocchi"
         },
         {
             "path": "/var/log/kolla/gnocchi",