diff --git a/tripleo_ansible/roles/tripleo_cephadm/tasks/pre.yaml b/tripleo_ansible/roles/tripleo_cephadm/tasks/pre.yaml
index 098d8af71..197f11488 100644
--- a/tripleo_ansible/roles/tripleo_cephadm/tasks/pre.yaml
+++ b/tripleo_ansible/roles/tripleo_cephadm/tasks/pre.yaml
@@ -99,7 +99,6 @@
     path: "{{ tripleo_cephadm_spec_ansible_host }}"
   register: tripleo_cephadm_spec_stat_host
   delegate_to: localhost
-  become: true
 
 - name: push tripleo_cephadm_spec to bootstrap node if spec file exsits
   copy: