diff --git a/tripleo_ansible/playbooks/cli-enable-ssh-admin.yaml b/tripleo_ansible/playbooks/cli-enable-ssh-admin.yaml
index e80c7b824..e0dc1dd3a 100644
--- a/tripleo_ansible/playbooks/cli-enable-ssh-admin.yaml
+++ b/tripleo_ansible/playbooks/cli-enable-ssh-admin.yaml
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@
         user_public_key: "{{ user_public_key }}"
         user_private_key: "{{ user_private_key }}"
         user_private_key_file: "{{ user_private_key_file }}"
-        ansible_ssh_private_key_file: "{{ ansible_home }}/.ssh/id_rsa"
+        ansible_ssh_private_key_file: "{{ lookup('env', 'ANSIBLE_PRIVATE_KEY_FILE') | default(ansible_home ~ '/.ssh/id_rsa') }}"
       changed_when: false
       loop: '{{ set_ssh_servers | difference(((BlacklistedIpAddresses | length) < 1) | ternary([], BlacklistedIpAddresses)) }}'
 
@@ -198,7 +198,6 @@
   user: "{{ ssh_user | default('heat-admin') }}"
   become: true
   any_errors_fatal: true
-  strategy: free
   roles:
     - role: tripleo_create_admin
       tripleo_admin_user: tripleo-admin