diff --git a/playbooks/publish/openstack-artifacts.yaml b/playbooks/publish/openstack-artifacts.yaml
index 0ef3d2f0f4..d8a186bf94 100644
--- a/playbooks/publish/openstack-artifacts.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/publish/openstack-artifacts.yaml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
         key: "{{ site_zuulv3_dev.ssh_known_hosts }}"
 
 - hosts: "{{ site_zuulv3_dev.fqdn }}"
+  gather_facts: False
   tasks:
     - name: Set tarball path
       set_fact: